Alleged conduct of president JR Figueiredo called "deeply concerning."

The president of the Alberta Soccer Association has been removed from the organization’s board and suspended from all association activities for five years following an independent investigation into a workplace harassment complaint, the organization says.

In an email, the association’s director Alison Meaney said the results of an independent investigation into the alleged conduct of president JR Figueiredo were “troubling and deeply concerning.”

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“The investigation found Figueiredo engaged in ‘conduct that is simply unacceptable in the workplace’, that he ‘wielded his authority and power in an aggressive and abusive manner,’ that constituted ‘workplace harassment’, and that he had used his power

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