Toronto police investigating new allegations of assault and sexual assault, possibly linked to St Michael's

Toronto police say they are investigating a pair of new allegations of assault and sexual assault, that have surfaced from their ongoing investigation into alleged criminal hazing at a private, all-boys school in the city.

At a news conference a short time ago, Inspector Dominic Sinopoli said they received two new videos of incidents believed to be linked to St Michael's College, but he was careful to categorize the latest allegations.

Inspector Sinopoli says the weapon was a belt - and wants witnesses to come forward. It’s not yet clear whether the students in the videos are from St Michael’s, but the school is cooperating and helping to see if the people in the videos can be identified as their students.

Now, one of the concerns that has been raised is the delay by the school in reporting the video of the sexual assault to police.

In an interview with the Globe and Mail, principal Greg Reeves confirmed that he learned about it on Monday of last week - but police were not alerted until Wednesday when they received inquiries from the media.

Reeves told the newspaper that the delay was because he was dealing with a separate bullying incident - and when he got around to dealing with the alleged sexual assault, the victim still hadn't told his parents about it.

Inspector Sinopoli says there’s an opportunity here for everyone to learn lessons from this experience.

Toronto police say they are investigating a pair of new allegations of assault and sexual assault, that have surfaced from their ongoing investigation into alleged criminal hazing at a private, all-boys school in the city.

At a news conference a short time ago, Inspector Dominic Sinopoli said they received two new videos of incidents believed to be linked to St Michael's College, but he was careful to categorize the latest allegations.

Inspector Sinopoli says the weapon was a belt - and wants witnesses to come forward. It’s not yet clear whether the students in the videos are from St Michael’s, but the school is cooperating and helping to see if the people in the videos can be identified as their students.

Now, one of the concerns that has been raised is the delay by the school in reporting the video of the sexual assault to police.

In an interview with the Globe and Mail, principal Greg Reeves confirmed that he learned about it on Monday of last week - but police were not alerted until Wednesday when they received inquiries from the media.

Reeves told the newspaper that the delay was because he was dealing with a separate bullying incident - and when he got around to dealing with the alleged sexual assault, the victim still hadn't told his parents about it.

Inspector Sinopoli says there’s an opportunity here for everyone to learn lessons from this experience.