Gymnastics coach charged with allegedly sexually assaulting teen girl
A gymnastics coach has been charged with numerous sexual offences involving a teen girl, police west of Toronto said Tuesday.
Peel regional police say they were approached earlier this year by a 15-year-old girl from the area who reported multiple allegations of sexual misconduct over a four-year period.
The accused was the girl’s coach at the time of the alleged incidents, police said, and he has since been suspended by both Gymnastics Canada and its provincial affiliate, Gymnastics Ontario.
Scott McFarlane, 28, of Mississauga, Ont., faces one count each of sexual assault, sexual interference, luring a child under 16 years old, making sexually explicit material available to a child under 16 years of age and indecent exposure to a child.