SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
“Sexual misconduct is particularly damaging to the reputation of psychiatry because the damages to patients which result are mental and emotional in nature. If psychiatry loses the confidence of society, its ability to pursue its mission will be damaged.”
American Psychiatric Association
Approved by the Board of Trustees
March 1993
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Patient Shocked Psychiatrist James Hanley is Still Practicing
Edmonton Journal Cold Lake psychiatrist’s former patient says he shouldn’t be in practice Doctor lost privileges in New Brunswick, Newfoundland By Marty Klinkenberg December 8, 2014 Psychiatrist James Hanley When Kathy Wiseman’s psychiatrist pleaded guilty to engaging in an inappropriate sexual relationship with her, she thought he would never practice medicine again. So Wiseman was shocked last week when she learned that Dr. James Bernard Hanley is working in Alberta. Stripped of licences in Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick in 2007 after admitting to the sexual relationship, Hanley was granted a medical licence by Alberta’s College of Physicians [...]
James Hanley, psychiatrist, license revoked for sexual misconduct in 2 provinces, but Alberta issues him another
CBC News Psychiatrist who lost licence in N.B., NL, practising in Alberta Dr. James Hanley, who admitted having sex with patient, working at CFB Cold Lake By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon December 2, 2014 A psychiatrist who was stripped of his medical licences in both New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador in 2007 after he admitted to having sex with a patient is now practising in Alberta, CBC News has learned. Dr. James Bernard Hanley, 72, who used to work with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in Oromocoto, N.B., is working at 4 Wing CFB Cold [...]
Solomon Wong Kee Miew – Psychiatrist Suspended for Sex with Patient
Today IMH psychiatrist suspended for affair with patient July 19, 2014 SINGAPORE — A psychiatrist at the Institute of Mental Health who initiated an affair with a patient he was seeing has been suspended from practice for 24 months, the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) said yesterday. Dr Solomon Wong Kee Miew, 42, started seeing the female patient in April 2011, and immediately took a liking to her as he found her attractive. He would intentionally schedule consultation sessions with the woman such that he could spend more time with her, an SMC disciplinary tribunal noted. At their sixth and final [...]
Kyle Stewart, “Wierd” Psychiatrist, Confronted with Sexual Misconduct Charges, Agrees to Never Practice Again
Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise (Oklahoma) November 23, 2014 - 12:07am Former area psychiatrist surrenders medical license By Nathan Thompson Psychiatrist Kyle Stewart A former Bartlesville psychiatrist has voluntarily surrendered his medical license to state authorities in lieu of prosecution following allegations of sexual misconduct. According to documents obtained by the Examiner-Enterprise from the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, Kyle Leslie Stewart, M.D. agreed to surrender his license to practice medicine on Sept. 26 after an investigation by the medical board. Stewart’s license surrender was accepted by the state board on Nov. 6 and filed that same day. The [...]
John Rigano, Psychiatrist, convicted of sexually harassing underage boys, deported
Daily Telegraph Qld sex offender found in Bali school By Gabrielle Dunlevy November 27, 2014 An Australian man with prior convictions for improper dealings with children has been caught teaching English classes in Bali and will be deported, authorities say. John Peter Domenic Rigano, 65, was caught teaching English in Kuta earlier this month in a sweep by immigration officers. In 2009, Rigano, who was then a psychiatrist, was sentenced in the Cairns District Court to nine months' jail, for indecently touching a teenage boy who was being treated for anxiety. Bali authorities found Rigano was misusing a multiple entry [...]
John Neale, Psychiatrist for 50 years, Sentenced to 40 years in Prison for Child Sex Crimes
Forsyth County News Psychiatrist convicted of child sex crimes By Kayla Robins October 19, 2014 John Neale psychiatrist FORSYTH COUNTY — A Tennessee doctor accused of sex crimes against a minor in Forsyth County was sentenced to serve 40 years in prison. According to court records, John C. Neale was convicted of three counts of child molestation that involved a 6-year-old female relative. The well-known psychiatrist from Johnson City, Tenn., was 74 at the time of his arrest in November 2012, according to an article in The Johnson City Press. “Once he was caught, other people came forward with [...]
Robert Fleury, psychiatrist, suspended for dating ex-patient
Daily Journal Psychiatrist agrees to suspension for dating ex-patient October 21, 2014 By Matt Harrelson Psychiatrist Robert Fleury PINEHURST — A psychologist (sic) who practices in Richmond and Moore counties has agreed to a 90-day suspension of his license and will pay a $10,000 fine after dating a woman he had previously treated for depression. Dr. Robert A. Fleury of Carolina Behavioral Care in Pinehurst will have his license to practice medicine suspended from Dec. 1 to March 1, according to a consent order between Fluery and the North Carolina Medical Board. He is responsible for paying the fine [...]
Psych Aubrey Levin’s appeal of 3 sexual assault convictions – DENIED
Westman Journal Top court refuses to hear appeal from Calgary psychiatrist convicted of sex assault The Canadian Press October 23, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has shut the door on a psychiatrist's request to appeal three convictions for sexually assaulting his court-appointed patients. Dr. Aubrey Levin of Calgary was found guilty by a jury in January 2013 and was sentenced to five years in prison. He had asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his convictions, but that request has been denied. As always, the top court did not give reasons [...]