It's definitely common practice within Water Polo Canada. It's in any hierarchical system that has an “old boys' club”.
We have a small enough community that everybody knows each other, so these coaches protect each other. This particular coach had sexual relations with a 15-year-old goalie when he was 30. He's well known. He spread herpes to other players and we heard about it. We all knew each other. We were all in the change rooms.
I remember my mother asking, “Do you really want to do this?” I said, “This is the only place I can do this and I love my sport so much.” I was vulnerable and was willing to go at it, but I felt it is what it is.
For an indigenous person, this is what it's like in pretty much every aspect of our lives. I knew I was going to face something. You just head into it and try to withstand as much as you can. I withstood as much as I could until I couldn't withstand it anymore. I believe I made it into the hall of fame not because I was the best player in the world or the best player Canada ever produced. I made it into the hall of fame because I withstood a sports system.