Former Lieutenant General Trevor Cadieu denies the allegations. Cadieu retired in April as an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against him. He was originally due to take command of the army last fall. “The matter relates to incidents that allegedly occurred at RMC Kingston in 1994,” the Canadian Proost Marshal’s Office said in a statement. Cadieu confirmed in a statement to CBC News that he is in Ukraine. “I was just informed that I was accused of [Canadian Armed Forces National Investigative Service]. “I am making arrangements to return to Canada from Ukraine and I will continue to work with this process, as I have done from the beginning,” he said. The Office of the Canadian Armed Forces Provost Marshal, the military police chief, said it had decided to continue the investigation into Cadieu’s case and the civilian police also chose not to accept it as it was almost complete. Former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbor recommended in March that the marshal “transfer to the police force all allegations of sex offenses, including those under investigation by the CFNIS, unless the investigation is nearing completion.” Arbor went further last month and in an explosion report he called on the government to remove from the military the power to investigate sex crimes. According to Arbor’s recommendation, Cadieu’s trial will now go through the civil justice system, the marshal’s office said in a statement. “Further information could not be released at this time,” the statement said. At the time of his retirement, Cadieu said he did not want to receive a salary while he was under investigation. “As this process unfolds, instead of raising a salary indefinitely while CAF can no longer bother me, I have chosen to release and explore other opportunities to contribute to a greater good,” she told a media statement.
