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30 women accuse RCMP doctor of sexual assault: NO CHARGES!!!
Unbelievable! He doesn't even have to answer to the justice system. This is an outrage!
Toronto police sex crimes investigators say there are "no grounds" to lay criminal charges against a former RCMP doctor. That's despite 30 women alleging they were sexually assaulted during mandatory medical exams when hired by the police force in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
"The Toronto Police Service does not dispute that these women felt (and continue to feel) violated," said police spokesperson Meaghan Gray in an email Tuesday. However, she said investigators reviewed medical standards at the time and determined there is a lack of evidence "to prove there was a sexual purpose" to the doctor's exams.
"I think it's a lot of bullshit. I'm in shock," said Vicki Gravelle, a 911 dispatcher for a regional police force in Ontario, no longer with the RCMP.
Gravelle and two others came forward to CBC News last month, detailing sexual assault allegations against former RCMP doctor John A. Macdougall, saying he inappropriately pinched nipples, conducted invasive vaginal exams without gloves, caressed their legs and pushed his pelvis against their naked backsides as they were told to bend forward during "spinal exams."
"The Toronto Police Service does not dispute that these women felt (and continue to feel) violated," said police spokesperson Meaghan Gray in an email Tuesday. However, she said investigators reviewed medical standards at the time and determined there is a lack of evidence "to prove there was a sexual purpose" to the doctor's exams.
"I think it's a lot of bullshit. I'm in shock," said Vicki Gravelle, a 911 dispatcher for a regional police force in Ontario, no longer with the RCMP.
Gravelle and two others came forward to CBC News last month, detailing sexual assault allegations against former RCMP doctor John A. Macdougall, saying he inappropriately pinched nipples, conducted invasive vaginal exams without gloves, caressed their legs and pushed his pelvis against their naked backsides as they were told to bend forward during "spinal exams."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/toronto-police-charges-former-rcmp-doctor-sexual-assault-1.5016512