A Calgary doctor, Keith Hoyte, has admitted to sexually assaulting 55 female patients over three decades. The Crown argues that a 1997 complaint should have served as a warning, and is seeking a three-year prison sentence.
A 1997 complaint to Alberta's College of Physicians and Surgeons should have served as a "shot across the bow" for a now-disgraced Calgary doctor who has admitted to sexually assault ing 55 female patients, the Crown said Tuesday at a sentencing hearing for Keith Hoyte.Retired neurologist Keith Hoyte leaves the courthouse in Calgary on Jan. 6, 2020. Hoyte has now admitted to sexually assault ing 55 female patients over three decades.
The woman, all female patients who ranged in age from 16 to 46, were groped and fondled by Hoyte. It started in 1983 and continued until he retired in 2013.Over the 30-year period, Hoyte would instruct his female patients — who were seeking treatment for serious neurological issues like migraines, seizures, strokes and multiple sclerosis — to undress.
During Tuesday's sentencing hearing, 17 victim impact statement were read aloud, several by the women themselves.Many of the women described being in an already vulnerable state when they were referred to the neurologist, whose actions were "the ultimate abuse of power," wrote one victim.
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