Original sentence: At issue is the bawdy house section of the Criminal Code, a law that was created in Victorian times to regulate prostitution.Canadian filmmaker and actor Sky Gilbert argued that the women had a right to privacy and the police had violated that right: "What happened at Club Toronto last Friday night is that these women were raped; not physically, but morally, emotionally and spiritually.Goliath's reopened a little more than a month after the raid and remains open.Haldane has stated that he will continue his fight, though he will now have to mount a new legal challenge.In December 2002, Calgary police raided Goliath's, one of the city's oldest baths, resulting in charges against 19 men.Lawyers for the defense argued that since police were not alleging any prostitution took place at Goliath's, they were thus arguing that gay sex was by definition indecent.The Canadian media declined to publish the names of the men.The case against the owners and managers of Goliath's, however, was expected to come to trial in February 2005, with the defendants having to prove that the activity that the police allegedly witnessed at Goliath's was not indecent.The code defines a bawdy house as a place where prostitution and/or indecent acts occur.They had established a haven - a safe, private space to explore their sexuality (which is still held in contempt by most of society) - and these police officers violated it
Edited sentence: Goliath's reopened a little more than a month after the raid.In December 2002, Calgary police raided Goliath's resulting in charges against 19 men.The case against the owners and managers of Goliath's, however, was expected to come to trial in February 2005