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Patient speaks of inappropriate relationship with doctor for first time

A patient with whom a doctor was found to have engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship has spoken publicly for the first time about her experience.

PATIENT ABUSE

Jul 9

A doctor has been found guilty of a series of sexual offences committed over a number of years against male patients at the surgery he worked at in Canterbury.

Doctor convicted of series of sexual offences against male patients

A doctor has been found guilty of a series of sexual offences committed over a number of years against male patients at the surgery he worked at in Canterbury.

PATIENT ABUSE

Jul 3

Doctor accused of sexual misconduct with children years after he reportedly faced similar allegations

A doctor in Iowa has been charged with sexual misconduct involving children after facing similar allegations years ago.

PATIENT ABUSE

Jun 9

Norwegian doctor jailed for raping patients

GP Arne Bye was convicted of 70 counts of rape and sexual assault. He was also convicted of 82 counts of abusing his position as a doctor

PATIENT ABUSE

Jun 6

Doctor accused of being sexually inappropriate found guilty of misconduct

PATIENT ABUSE

May 27

A French Pedophile Doctor Abused Hundreds in His Care. Why Wasn’t He Stopped?

By Catherine Porter & Ségolène Le Stradic - New York Times - 27.05.2025 - [FRANCE] - [Joël Le Scouarnec] Dr. François Simon was one of...

PATIENT ABUSE

May 27

Registration revoked for medical professional who pleaded guilty to harassing 12 girls

A physician has admitted before a panel of an Ontario discipline tribunal that his acts of repeatedly following 12 girls with his vehicle and publicly masturbating in the line of sight of an adult woman amounted to professional misconduct.

PREVENTION

May 14

Former Tasmanian GP extradited from NSW to face historical sexual abuse charges in Hobart

Former Tasmanian GP extradited from NSW to face historical sexual abuse charges in Hobart Michael Antony Welch

PATIENT ABUSE

Apr 25

Doctor set to be sentenced for numerous child sex crimes

By Jordan Gartner - WDBJ7 News - 24.04.2025 [USA] - [ Matt Elza Hipke] A Texas doctor who pleaded guilty to child sex crimes earlier this...

PATIENT ABUSE

Apr 24

When ethics are violated in the Treatment Room

Sexual abuse cases involving medical personnel targeting patients and their families have shocked the public, traumatized the victims, and undermined public trust in healthcare services.

NEWS ARTICLE

Apr 16

Radio Interview – Aired.15.04.2025

Ken Murray speaks with Adrianne Reilly CEO , Dignity 4 Patients. - In advance of meeting with the Taoiseach on Wednesday re: Michael Shine Comission of Investigation

RADIO INTERVIEW

Apr 15

TV star doctor, ‘sexually assaulted 12-year-old boy and groped male patient while making him watch porn’

AN ex-TV doctor sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy and groped a male patient while making him watch porn, a court heard. Aivar Bracka, 73, is charged with four counts of indecent assault and one count of indecent assault against a child aged 14 or younger.

PATIENT ABUSE

Apr 8