The senior military leader who was poised to take command of the Canadian Army retired from the military earlier this month as an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him continued.
"While I will always seek to remain a force for positive change and help individuals in our military to serve with happy hearts, I recently made the decision to release from the Canadian Armed Forces," retired lieutenant-general Trevor Cadieu said in a statement to CBC News.
The Ottawa Citizen, the first to report on the CFNIS probe, reported Cadieu was being investigated in relation to allegations of sexual misconduct.A military in crisis: Here are the senior leaders embroiled in sexual misconduct cases Last year, the federal government ordered the military to transfer ongoing sexual misconduct cases to the civilian judicial system.A military review recently exposed a loophole that allowed another senior military leader to retire from the navy before facing disciplinary action.as "unsuitable for further service," sources told CBC News. Croucher then landed a civilian job at his old military base.
"Where the dynamics are a little bit concerning is whether or not he is going to face a court martial because there is some difficulty in charging and prosecuting lieutenant generals because of their rank and the corresponding ranks for military judges."In October, Cadieu asked acting Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre to consider someone else for the post.
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