Gordon Stuckless issued an apology to his victims of sexual abuse in court on Tuesday.

Stuckless, a former minor hockey coach and employee at Maple Leaf Gardens, pleaded guilty to 102 charges related to the sexual abuse of 18 boys between 1965 and 1985.

In 2014, former Maple Leaf Gardens employee Gordon Stuckless pleaded guilty to 102 charges of sex assaults on boys, spanning two decades. Matt Galloway spoke with Allan Donnan, he is one of the survivors of sexual abuse. 10:34

Some of his victims were in the courtroom — at least one of them shut his eyes as Stuckless read out the apology.

Stuckless apologized for causing his victims pain, shame and humiliation.

Allan Donnan, one of Stuckless's victims, spoke to CBC's Metro Morning about the apology. He said it was "empty words from an empty human being."

"I think it was well-coached, and I think sadly in Canadian society as long as a perpetrator says 'I'm sorry,' everything is supposed to be fine," said Donnan.

Donnan said the words from Stuckless are 'meaningless' because Stuckless was able to prey on children from the ages of seven to 14 or 15 for four decades.

He said he and the other victims will carry the weight of the assaults with them for their entire lives.

"While Gord will get sentenced and be given a time where everything ends for him again," said Donnan.

Donnan added that the abuse he and the other victims suffered has an impact on every relationship they will ever have.

He said he does not think Stuckless will get a fair punishment because he said the system is heavily weighted to protect the perpetrators of crimes.

"We can't get him declared a dangerous offender although his assaults number in the hundreds. You can't get him named a longtime offender even though he has four decades of work to show for it, and so what can you get?"

The Crown prosecutor has decided not to pursue a dangerous offender designation for Stuckless. The Crown is asking for 12 years, and has argued in court that Stuckless's history of sexual abuse should be considered "extremely aggravating."

Donnan said he wants closure, and a promise that what happened to him will never happen to another child.

He also said there needs to be much more support for victims of sexual assault.