EXCLUSIVE: Ajax family doctor abruptly closes practice amid sex assault allegations

When Doug Morrison recently called his doctor’s office in Ajax to make an appointment, he was surprised to learn the practice had closed without any notice being given.

When he dug a bit deeper to find out why, his surprise turned to shock.

Morrison looked up Dr. Rajinder Sekhon’s public profile on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) website to discover that his trusted family doctor is facing sordid sex allegations.

Sekhon’s office would only say that the practice was closed due to “unforeseen circumstances.”

The allegations, which have been made internally within the College and haven’t been proven in court, left Morrison stunned.

A patient has accused Dr. Sekhon of engaging in sexual intercourse and other sex acts against her will, tying her to a bed, injecting her with narcotics, and offering to give her prescription drugs in exchange for sex.

The website states that there’s a disciplinary hearing pending, but the College wouldn’t comment on the case and the doctor’s lawyer did not return calls to CityNews.

Durham police say there are no active charges against him.

The College did tell CityNews that if a patient goes directly to them with any violent allegation, it has no legal obligation to go to police.

“This is a well known gap in our regulatory system, it’s been fixed in other jurisdictions like Alberta and jurisdictions in the U.S.,” said Paul Harte, medical malpractice lawyer.

Harte is calling for the Ministry of Health and the College to work together to improve transparency for patients, and police, to “allow these incidents to be reported, and in fact require these incidents to be reported to the police,” he said.

The Ministry would not comment on the case, but said: “The Ministry understands that the CPSO provides the complainant with the choice to involve police and that the College would respect the decision of the complainant.”