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Barrie doctor guilty of sexual abuse and professional misconduct despite size of his belly

From thestar.com

Warning: this article includes graphic details.

A Barrie dermatologist who argued he could not possibly have rubbed his penis against his female patients because it was covered by his large belly has been found guilty of a number of allegations at Ontario’s medical regulator.

The five-member panel of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s discipline committee found that Dr. Rodion Andrew Kunynetz sexually abused one patient by touching her breasts under her bra without clinical justification for doing so.

He was also found guilty of “disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct” by failing to give two patients proper warning or explanation for removing some of their clothes.

But it’s the conduct that involved the doctor’s genital area and the contact, if any, that it had with female patients that was the primary focus of the discipline committee’s 47-page decision released Tuesday. A number of patients testified that Kunynetz rubbed his penis against their legs during examinations, an allegation that Kunynetz argued was physically impossible.

Kunynetz denied all allegations before the panel. His lawyer, Matthew Sammon, told the Star they are reviewing the committee’s decision.

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