B.C. cadet instructor charged with sex offences

by TomW Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:23 pm

By: ctvbc.ca
Date: Monday Feb. 6, 2012 10:43 AM PT
A B.C. cadet instructor has been charged with sexual offences involving underage trainees in Victoria and Vernon.

Capt. Daniel Moriarity is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with one minor cadet and sexually assaulting another between 2008 and 2011.

The alleged offences, which were investigated by military police, occurred at the LGen E.C. Ashton Armoury on Vancouver Island and the Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre.

Lt.-Colonel Robert Delaney, commanding officer of the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, said such allegations are "treated with the utmost seriousness."

"Those in a position of leadership in the Canadian Forces are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times," Delaney said in a release.

Moriarity has been charged with two counts of sexual exploitation, one count of sexual assault and one count of sexual interference.

He has also been charged with behaving in a disgraceful manner, a violation of the National Defence Act but not the Criminal Code.

The case will be tried in the military justice system.

The CFNIS is an independent military police unit tasked with investigating Department of National Defence employees and Canadian Forces personnel in Canada and abroad.