One Psychiatrist - Three Lawsuits

Released on = November 4, 2006, 11:54 am

Press Release Author = Citizens Commsission on Human Rights

Industry = Law

Press Release Summary =
The child psychiatrist engaged in kissing, fondling, masturbation and oral sex with
one female patient in his office.

Press Release Body = Three separate lawsuits by three different women for sexual
assault have now been filed
in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against psychiatrist, Dr. Richard Golden.

The child psychiatrist was stripped of his license to practice and labeled a sexual
predator by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia last month
after finding him guilty of sexual relations with three teenage female patients
between 2000 and 2005.

One patient was 15 and two were 17 when they began seeing Golden for certain
difficulties in life.

The psychiatrist masturbated, kissed, fondled, and had oral sex with one of his
female patients in his office.

In another case, the psychiatrist asked his patient if she was a virgin, asked her
to say things about her underwear and asked her questions of her sexual activities.

Ordinary citizens would be charged: Why not psychiatrists? This question is being
asked by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), who want criminal charges
pressed against the psychiatrist and are insisting too that Golden be placed on the
sexual offender's registry to protect society's children from harm.

The complaint process carried out by various medical boards and colleges have been
thwarted, in part, by the belief that psychiatrists are somehow above the law and
beyond reproach. However, evidence indicates that women are at very great risk of
being sexually assaulted while in a psychiatrist\'s office.

A recent Google search, reveled that more than 60 psychiatrists world wide have
either been criminally convicted or lost their license to practice due to sexual
relations with patients over the past year and a half.

Brian Beaumont, spokesperson for the British Columbia chapter of the Citizens
Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), said "Psychiatric sexual assault is a very common
occurrence over the world, but all too often the perpetrator is only slapped on the
wrist by being given a fine or suspension from practice for these criminal
activities".

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights was established by the Church of Scientology
to investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights.

If you know anyone, including a child, who has been abused or harmed by a
psychiatrist call The Citizens Commission on Human Rights at 1-800-670-2247.
Complete confidentiality assured.



Web Site = http://www.cchr.org

Contact Details = humanrightgs@lightspeed.ca

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