[5] Information also surfaced that Toft and Scout Master George Mountain played a game of "strip tag"[5] in which participants would lose articles of clothing if they were caught.
[11]: 84 In 1975, then-superintendent William Keys informed John B. M. Baxter, a cabinet minister, and Robert King, a correctional services official, that he suspected sexual abuse involving Toft.
[5] In 1985, Toft was moved from the Kingsclear Facility's training school to the Central Reformatory after Fredericton City Police approached the superintendent about reports of sexual abuse.
[5] No internal investigation was conducted,[5] but the move was in response to another guard, David Forbes, having witnessed Toft inappropriately touching an inmate.
[11]: 29 In January 1991, Toft was again transferred, this time to the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Branch, possibly in response to more inquiries about allegations of sexual abuse.
"[11]: 33 According to a witness at the Miller Inquiry on sexual abuse at Kingsclear, as many as 16 inmates may have had a meeting with someone from the Ombudsman's Office when he was said to have visited the Training School.
[11]: 67 In 2002, John Fearon, one of Toft's alleged victims, began a hunger strike at Fredericton to protest against the lack of development in the case.
[11] The report concluded that a deliberate cover-up probably did not occur, but that the author was given "considerable concern" by "an attitude of indifference which seemed to permeate so many − too many, within the Department of Corrections".
[11]: 147 While rejecting the allegations of a cover-up, Miller nevertheless noted that the institution's solution had been to transfer the employee and hope that the whole affair would be buried and forgotten.
"[11]: 70 Although Toft was investigated and arrested, the Garneau report, and other relevant documents, were not made available to the RCMP or to Fredericton City Police.
[11] Miller made 20 recommendations, mainly concerning better administrative policy to ensure the protection of wards of Child Services, fail-safes for catching abuse, and better training and placement for staff working directly with youth and in sensitive situations.
[11] The Miller Inquiry was not specifically mandated to investigate systemic abuse, prompting some to remark that the victims have not yet received justice and closure.