Psychiatrist who "cured" gays busted for gay sex with clients

Since last time I wrote about Toronto's leading role in "reparative therapy" for curing LGBT people, the worst gender clinic was shut down and its head was fired. Now another "expert" had his license suspended after having sex with men he claimed he was "curing" of homosexuality.

Via Toronto Star:

Dr. Melvyn Iscove, 72, was described in a decision of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario's discipline committee as having a "special interest in the treatment of patients with problems related to homosexuality." He also engaged in mutual masturbation and oral sex with two male patients on different occasions during therapy sessions, and once had anal intercourse with one of them in his office, the committee found. "Neither complainant described any emotional or romantic aspects of the sexual activity with Dr. Iscove, and both said that at some point, they thought that the sexual activity was part of the therapy and an attempt to cure them of homosexuality by engaging in the acts, rather than fantasizing about them," the five-member discipline panel wrote in a decision released this week.

Psychiatrist who treated patients for their homosexuality had sex with male patients in his office

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