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rfmcdonaldCBC is one of many news agencies reporting an arrest in the string of sexual assaults that occurred around Christie Pits park this summer and, inadvertantly, sparked a sustained, much-needed public discussion about sexual assault. (The response by Krista Ford who implicitly (and inaccurately) the victims for dressing like sluts comes to mind, as does the firestorm started by the Toronto Sun over a misogynist Islamic street preacher that ended up highlighting on the paper's own misogyny.)
A 15-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a string of sexual assaults in Toronto's Bloor and Christie area, where female pedestrians were attacked from behind as they walked at night.
Toronto police say the teen — who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act — was arrested at around 11 p.m. ET Saturday in the area of Bloor Street West and Roxton Road, at the scene of another alleged sexual assault.
He faces 14 counts of sexual assault and two counts of criminal harassment.
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The attacks prompted hundreds of people to take part in September rally to symbolically take back the area around Christie Pits Park.
"After the initial shock of some of the assaults, what's happened is it's actually really galvanized the community," local Coun. Mike Layton said on CBC's Metro Morning on Monday.
"Immediately following the first round of announcements of them, it brought people out onto the street and people taking back the street, and [had them] saying, 'You know what? We're not going to have this in our community.'"
