WINNIPEG — The Law Society of Manitoba blocked all public access to allegations of sexual impropriety against a Manitoba judge and her lawyer husband five years before the secret finally exploded last week.

Court documents obtained by the Winnipeg Free Press show that at the request of the Law Society, the Court of Appeal issued a sealing order on, among other things, documents containing what they called “very sensitive” facts outlining incidents that only became public days ago.

The province’s highest court also agreed with the Law Society’s request not to notify media outlets about the motion to prevent access as part of proceedings in an unrelated case they were hearing. The Supreme Court of Canada has stated that the media should be given notice of any attempt to ban access to or publication of information in a court proceeding … (Full Story: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/canada/Society+blocked+documents+connected+scandal/3499298/story.html)