TORONTO — Separate allegations of sexual misconduct by Gen. Jonathan Vance, Canada’s recently retired former chief of the defense staff, Adm. Art McDonald, his successor, and other top military officials are rocking the country’s armed forces.
The crisis deepened this week after the Department of Defense said that Vice Adm. Haydn Edmundson, the military officer in charge of human resources, had been placed on indefinite leave while the military police investigate allegations of sexual misconduct by him several decades ago.
The allegations have left service members reeling. Lt. Col. Eleanor Taylor, the first woman to lead a Canadian infantry company in combat, resigned this month, writing in a letter to senior military officials that she was “disgusted” it has taken so long to investigate top leaders.

