Disciplinary Hearings Underway for Local Doctor

Tuesday, 29 October 2019 05:19

By Marcie Culbert

A local doctor is answering to sexual abuse allegations, in front of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Hearings started yesterday for the doctor, who allegedly engaged in inappropriate touching with two underage victims.

The doctor also allegedly made comments of an inappropriate or sexual nature towards one of those victims.

He will not engage in any professional encounters with any patient under the age of 18. He has also agreed to have signs posted in the waiting rooms at his practices in St. Catharines and Niagara Falls.

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Disciplinary Hearings Underway for Local Doctor

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