Dr. Donato Ruggiero has an office at 1223 St. Clair Ave. W. Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star ) Order this photoA Toronto doctor has been accused of inappropriately touching a patient while the physician was already under investigation by Ontario’s medical watchdog for the alleged sexual assault of another patient. Ruggiero is now scheduled to appear before the CPSO discipline committee to face allegations that he touched the breasts of Patient 2 in 2015, more than a year after Patient 1’s complaint over the alleged 1980s incident was filed. In 2013, Patient 1 filed a complaint with the CPSO, alleging that Ruggiero sexually assaulted her during an exam around 1986. “He states that he did not do it and I believe that to be true,” Stephenson said. “And I think that an appeal is likely.” CPSO investigators began looking into Patient 1’s complaint in early 2014 and had informed Ruggiero of the complaint against him no later than March 31, 2014, according to the CPSO discipline committee’s decision.

Source: thestar September 26, 2016 19:41 UTC