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Victim Services
The Victim Services Program assists clients with non-clinical issues regarding sexual abuse. Trained victim service workers provide justice system information, support, liaison with justice system personnel, and court accompaniment, to male survivors who wish to explore avenues of justice.
Victim Services Workers may provide information about making a police report, taking legal action (criminal and/or civil), and exploring compensation options, including Crime Victim Assistance Program, Residential Historical Abuse Program, and other third-party coverage.
The following is a brief description of the compensation options mentioned above.
Crime Victim Assistance Program is available for personal injury or death resulting from a crime that occurred in the province of British Columbia. Because the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act was proclaimed on July 1, 1972, compensation may not be available for criminal injuries that occurred prior to the proclamation date. The time limitation for application is one year from the date on which the crime occurred, except in exceptional circumstances, as is often the case with sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse.
Important: the Crime Victim Assistance Act replaced the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act in 2001. View the Overview of the Crime Victim Assistance Act.
Most provinces have some sort of victims compensation available, and compensation must be applied to in the province or territory in which the crime occurred. For more information contact British Columbia Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse.
Residential Historical Abuse Program (RHAP) can provide funding for counselling for any person who was sexually abused while under the age of 19 and living in a foster home or any residential program operated or funded by the Province of British Columbia. Sexual abuse survivors applying for RHAP do not have to file a police report, although there is a legal obligation to report abuse to authorities when children are currently at risk, or are currently being sexually abused.
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