A man who claims he was sexually abused at a reform school in New Brunswick is vowing to continue his fight to search for the truth after a commission report dismissed evidence of a cover-up.

A report released Wednesday by The Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP found that there was no definitive evidence that the force tried to cover up the wrongdoing of one of its officers at Kingsclear training school in Fredericton.

The report did not find that alleged criminal activities by Kingsclear staff or by one of its retired members Staff Sgt. Clifford McCann were covered up -- but acknowledged there were weaknesses and inaccuracies in the initial RCMP investigation.

John Fearon, a former school resident who claimed he was sexually abused at the school, said the report was "not even close" to uncovering the truth of what happened at Kingsclear.

Fearon said that the admission of former school guard Karl Toft three years ago that he suspected a pedophile ring was operating in the school is 'blatant evidence' that a public inquiry is needed to continue investigating the matter.

Toft made the startling admission at an Edmonton parole hearing. He said he never said anything because of lack of proof. Toft pleaded guilty in 1992 to 34 counts of abuse against boys in his care at the school.

Fearon told CTV's Canada AM on Thursday that he suspects there are a "large number" of RCMP officers willing to come forward with evidence about the "major pedophile ring" that went on at the school.

Fearon alleged the officers will not come forward because they fear they will lose their jobs and pensions.

He added that he will take his efforts to uncover what happened at the school to the "most extreme level" -- as he intends to run in the next federal election in his home riding in Fredericton, N.B.

William Gilmour, Fearon's lawyer, said the commission had done an "excellent job" in interviewing many witnesses but said that the material they needed to find evidence of a cover-up was being suppressed by time restrictions -- and a "culture of reprisal and intimidation" within the ranks of the RCMP.

Commission chairman Paul Kennedy said that what concerned him the most about the RCMP's initial investigation were the nature and the timing of the three interviews conducted with McCann.

Kennedy said the fact that McCann was interviewed before some of the alleged victims could have given him a chance to destroy evidence or documents and to contact alleged victims in the case.

Kennedy also expressed concern that one interview took place at McCann's home in the presence of his wife, rather than at a police station and that information collected from the interviews by officers were "quite poor."

"I thought that was inconsistent with the degree of professionalism that one would have expected," Kennedy said.

Kennedy also recommended that the investigation should not have been carried out by a officers who were not members of the RCMP.

"I think that would have reinforced the public's perception...that this was a real and independent and partial investigation," Kennedy said.

After the report was issued, New Brunswick's attorney general T.J. Burke said it would need new information to lay new charges of child sex allegations. Burke said if anyone with pertinent information in the case should come forward.

With files from The Canadian Press