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The College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. has expelled a Vancouver psychiatrist from its ranks after finding him guilty of sexual misconduct involving three young female patients between 2000 and 2005.
In a statement released Thursday, the college said the victims had been referred to Dr. Richard Leslie Golden, a specialist in adolescent and child psychiatry, while still in their teens.
Dr. Douglas Blackman, the college's senior deputy registrar, said Golden used the patients for his own sexual gratification, and that his "deplorable conduct" left the college no choice but to impose the harshest penalty possible under the Medical Practitioners Act.
"The trust relationship with the physician is absolutely foundational and that trust relationship was severely abused in this situation," Blackman said, noting that one of the patients is still under the age of 19.
The college also assessed costs of $120,000 against Golden, who did not attend the disciplinary hearing.
Golden stopped practising when the allegations surfaced.
He can still appeal the decision through the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
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more at this story in the Vancover SunThe B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons has expelled a Vancouver child psychiatrist who it says used his position of authority as a doctor to have sexual relationships with three young female patients.
In a statement issued late Thursday, the college said its inquiry committee found Dr. Richard Leslie Golden to have acted as "a sexual predator, who intended to use the patients for sexual purposes and his personal sexual gratification."
Signed by college senior deputy registrar Douglas Blackman, the statement said Golden selected his patients as sexual targets because of "their particular personal circumstances and medical condition," adding this amounts to a flagrant breach of his duty of care as a physician.
"[Golden's activities constituted] turpitude of a marked character involving inherent wickedness, dishonesty and disgraceful conduct," the statement said, recounting the findings of the inquiry committee.
"Dr. Golden's conduct was so egregious and the abdication and abuse of his responsibilities as a physician was so disgraceful that the most severe penalty available under the Medical Practitioners Act was required," it continued.
Blackman's statement explained the college has "erased" Golden as a member, and that it has assessed $120,000 in costs against him.
Neither Blackman nor Golden could be reached to comment Thursday.
A representative of the Vancouver police could also not be reached to determine if Golden is facing any criminal charges.
The statement from the college did not give details of the alleged sexual misconduct, saying only that it involved "sexual relationships with three young female patients in the period 2000 to 2005."
It says the women were referred to Golden in his capacity as a specialist in adolescent and child psychiatry.
In a notice announcing the hearing into Golden's case, the college described the nature of two of the relationships as "personal and intimate relationship" and a third as "sexual."
It said the relationships had gone from July 2001 to about May 2004, from April 2001 to February 2005 and from about August 2000 to about March 2005.
4 comments:
He was my phychiatrist when I was in highschool from grade 9-11 (91-95)....I always knew he was a wacko & would tell him stories to see how far it would go.
I just didn't realize that his actions went to this extent, I find it mind boggling. I also had 3 other friends that were referred to Doc. Freak as well.
I really hope he chokes on his own concsious.
I was sent to him for ADHD treatment in elementary school. less then 5 years b4 these allegations. He gave my parents an easy way out by giving me me big doses of dexedrine , ritalin etc.. this led to severe side effects which forced me to discontinue use on my own will in grade 8.. this void in stimulation led to me becoming a heavy marijuana abuser throughout high school and a functioning addict after graduation. his practices were i feel detrimental to my development,(i am now 23 and struggling in college) and i hope he never find a job again. all he did is teach my parents to appease their kids problems instead of dealing with them properly which has had a ripple effect on the development of my younger siblings as well. what a cancer, thank god for the quality folks at my martial arts academy for teaching me to do things on my own power and without any chemical aids.
I saw him once, when I was in my early twenties. At the time, he was completing his internship at St. Boniface Hospital, in Winnipeg ( early 1980's). One session was enough. While nothing of a sexual nature transpired, being in this guy's presence filled me with the most creepy feeling. I remember thinking that there was "something missing" with this doctor. I couldn't put my finger on exactly what it was. When I researched his whereabouts via the Internet decades later ( because I was still stunned that someone who struck me as being so insensitive and ignorant could have a successful career as a psychiatrist) I found my answer.
So why hasn't this creep been prosecuted as a child predator? Sicko or not, this man deserves to be behind bars.
I was a patient of Dr. Golden from the age of 7-11 (1999-until his medical licence was revoked.) I always found him a bit strange, eccentric, distant and cold-but as a kid. My mother would never allow me to meet in his office alone. This was after he made sexually suggestive comments towards my mother, the worst was asking if and what colour underwear he was wearing. This man is and continues to be a sick, twisted SOB!
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