A
64-year-old
Ghanaian
medical
doctor
in
Canada
is
facing
charges
of
sexually
abusing
a
female
patient
years
after
being
released
for
a
similar
act.
According
to
the
Halton
Regional
Police
Service
(HRPS),
Dr.
Clarence
Clottey
of
Oakville,
a
lower-tier
town
in
Halton
Region,
Ontario,
Canada,
was
working
at
“Bristol
Family
Physicians”
on
Bristol
Circle
at
the
time
of
the
incident.
Police
say
they
were
alerted
after
an
adult
lady
was
sexually
assaulted
while
visiting
the
facility.
On
Tuesday,
Clottey
was
arrested
and
charged
with
one
count
of
sexual
assault.
He
was
released
from
detention
until
his
court
appearance
in
Milton.
His
photo
was
provided
because
authorities
suspect
there
could
be
more
victims.
Following
allegations
of
misbehaviour
and
separate
sexual
assault
charges,
the
Oakville
doctor
was
placed
under
limitations
by
the
College
of
Physicians
and
Surgeons
of
Ontario
(CPSO)
in
January
2020.
Clottey
was
59
at
the
time.
Clottey
was
initially
detained
in
2016
and
charged
with
six
charges
of
sexual
assault.
Six
patients
testified
in
the
criminal
prosecution,
alleging
that
Clottey
inappropriately
touched
women
during
certain
examinations.
In
2018,
Clottey
was
found
not
guilty
on
all
counts.
A
year
later,
HRPS
arrested
the
Oakville
doctor
for
allegedly
sexually
abusing
a
female
patient
in
2014.
The
CPSO
imposed
a
practice
limitation
on
Clottey,
mandating
him
not
to
examine
any
female
patient’s
breast,
pelvis,
or
rectal
area.
The
restriction
also
required
him
to
refer
any
female
patient
who
requested
or
may
require
medical
examination
of
the
breast,
pelvic,
or
rectal
area.