((HT: TSN/Sun Media))Recently retired NHL'er Theo Fleury ((pictured, thanks Getty Images through NHLI)) will reveal in his tell-all book next week that he was sexually abused by his former junior coach Graham James.
"(James) destroyed my belief system," read the excerpt in Maclean's. "The most influential adult in my life at the time was telling me that what I thought was wrong was right. I no longer had faith in myself or my own judgment. And when you come down to it, that's all a person has. Once it's gone, how do you get it back?"
James, the former head coach of the WHL's Moose Jaw Warriors, Swift Current Broncos and Calgary Hitmen was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison after former NHLer Sheldon Kennedy made similar allegations in 1996.
Kennedy knew, but never acknowledged anything publicly...
"I made a commitment to myself I wasn't blowing the whistle on anybody. I did know deep down Theo was going to have to deal with it one way or another."
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