The victims of a former Ottawa doctor convicted of sexual assault and voyeurism against their patients at a health clinic at the University of Ottawa can soon be eligible to receive compensation as part of an agreement with the school.
If approved, the proposed $ 21 million agreement would be disbursed among members of collective claim, including any patient of the health services of the ottawa University that was registered without their consent or sexually assaulted by Vincent Nadon.
The proposed agreement, obtained by CBC News, proposes that a team of experienced psychologists informed by trauma will classify members into four categories “based on the severity of experienced abuse.”
As part of the fund, approximately $ 1 million will be assigned for victims who suffered “loss of past or future income or lost educational opportunities.”
Almost seven years have passed since the class action against Nadon and the University began: “A long and difficult trip to seek justice for the more than 140 known victims,” said Sean Brown, the main lawyer of the firm that represents the plaintiffs, in a press release.
“We hope that additional survivors are presented in the next few days. We are proud of the dedication and perseverance that our team showed by ensuring a fair result.”
The University and its clinic do not admit irregularities, according to the statement and judicial documents.
Audience scheduled for September
Nadon was arrested in January 2018 for secretly registering dozens of his patients for almost 30 years. I was practicing medicine at the University Family Health Clinic in Rideau Street when the assaults were carried out.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario stripped Nadon of his medical license in 2020, more than a year after he declared himself guilty of 14 positions of sexual assault and voyeurism.
He was sentenced to eight years in prison, less a year for a time already served, but he was granted complete probation in 2021.
A hearing to decide whether to approve the agreement is scheduled for September 8 at the Ontario Court of Justice of Ottawa.
