Released on = October 7, 2006, 11:17 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 = 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 laid against psychiatrist, Dr. Richard Golden, and are insisting
too that Golden be placed on the sexual offenders registry to protect society's
children from harm.

Child psychiatrist, Dr. Golden, was stripped of his license to practice and labeled
a sexual predator by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia last
week after finding him guilty of sexual relations with three young female patients
between 2000 and 2005.

The psychiatrist engaged in kissing, fondling, masturbation and oral sex with one
female patient in his office.

In another case, Golden asked one of his child victims if she was a virgin, asked
her about her underwear, and wanted to know how often she had sex.

In February, this year, Dr. Larry Anderson, a Penticton psychiatrist was sentenced
to 18 months in jail for sexually assaulting female patients under his care. The
charges involved three former patients with whom he had sexual intercourse, in
separate relationships from the late 1970s until 1999.

According to evidence given during the Anderson trial, the Doctor once put sexual
instructions on what a female patient thought was a prescription for anti-depressant
drugs. The prescription read: Take one erection and put it in an appropriate space.
Do what is needed to obtain satisfaction.

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.

Studies show that between 6% and 13% of psychiatrists and psychologists sexually
abuse their patients and, according to one American Journal of Psychiatry study, 80%
of psychiatrists reporting sexual contact with an average of six patients.

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 = Humanrights@lightspeed.ca