HALIFAX – RCMP have charged the director of an organization that provides services to people with physical and intellectual disabilities with the sexual assault of a teenage girl.
Anthony Leo Gough, 48, the executive director of Social Opportunities and Rec Society of Nova Scotia, is facing charges after a 17-year-old girl who was attending a March break camp hosted by the not-for-profit group reported on Monday she had been sexually assaulted.
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Gough was arrested without incident on Tuesday in Lower Sackville, N.S. and charged with sexual assault, sexual exploitation of a person with disability and driving while disqualified.
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He was due to appear in court on Wednesday.
Police believe there could be other possible victims and are asking anybody with information about the incident or others to call 902-490-5180.
The investigation is ongoing.
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