Sexual misconduct: this doctor struck off seven years for having “dishonored” the profession

A Montreal family physician who “disgraced the profession” has just received a seven-year disbarment for sexual misconduct toward a patient over whom he had “total control.”

“[Le D^r Roger Philip LeBlanc] had complete control over his patient both physically and medically as well as emotionally […] he has dishonored the profession which cannot in any way tolerate this kind of behavior”, can we read in the judgment recently rendered by the disciplinary council of the College of Physicians of Quebec (CMQ).

The board struck off doctor LeBlanc, who practiced at the OPUS clinic, for seven years because of the “intimate, romantic and sexual” relationship between his patient and him, spanning nearly 10 years. He was also fined $5,000. He had been sentenced last fall.

In crescendo

Before the council, the lawyer for the assistant syndic of the CMQ, the D^D Isabelle Amyot, underlined that the doctor’s behaviors “occurred in a crescendo over time, first of all by making comments of a sexual nature, then hugs, kisses, fellatios and ultimately complete sexual relations”.

And the alleged facts occurred both at the home and at the workplace of the D^r The White.

According to the assistant syndic’s argument, the actions “were premeditated and planned and were intended to satisfy the needs, impulses and fantasies [du médecin]“, adding that the patient was extremely vulnerable and that the doctor” knew how to take advantage of it “.

The council did not consider the doctor credible, because of his “many inconsistencies”. The latter had first made a confession to the assistant syndic during her investigation, then denied everything and finally admitted to a single sexual relationship.

Career over

The D^r LeBlanc pointed out that the disbarment “indicates the end of his career.”

For her part, the assistant syndic was concerned that the doctor “does not seem to take the full measure of his actions, just as he has not presented any apologies or expressed regrets”.

He thus receives a rare sanction of seven years of radiation, while the law provides since 2017 a minimum radiation of five years for sexual misconduct. The CMQ points out, however, that rare professionals have already received more severe sanctions, such as permanent radiation.