The case raises the obvious question of whether it is ever in the best interests of justice to force the alleged victim onto the stand, particularly in sensitive cases such as sexual abuse. Without her, there is likely no case against the doctor, who is facing allegations of sexual abuse of a patient and unprofessional conduct, which he denies. Ontario’s medical regulator wants to force a former patient in a Toronto doctor’s ongoing sexual abuse discipline hearing to testify by having her arrested by the police. College lawyer Carolyn Silver said the patient was co-operative in the early part of the investigation, and consented to the college accessing her medical records. He will be bringing a motion before the panel on Nov. 20 to quash the summons requiring the patient to testify.

Source: thestar November 13, 2017 01:41 UTC