Former Manitoba doctor sentenced to 12 years for sexually assaulting female patients
Former family doctor Arcel Bissonnette has been sentenced to 12 years for sexually assaulting seven women during medical appointments and examinations in Ste. Anne, Man.
Court of King’s Bench Justice Sadie Bond delivered the sentence on Thursday morning in Winnipeg.
Bissonnette, 64, worked as a doctor at the hospital and a medical centre in the small town, about 40 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg.
He was tried and convicted in November 2023 of sexually assaulting five patients during medical appointments from 2001-17.
In February, just days before his trial was to begin in connection with other charges, he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two other women, in 2005 and 2011.
Manitoba Court of King’s Bench heard victim impact statements from some of the women at a sentencing hearing at the end of June.
Crown prosecutors argued Bissonnette should be sentenced to 18 years in prison, saying he was in a position of trust and authority over each of the victims, which he breached when they went to him for medical care.
The defence sought a nine-year sentence, citing Bissonette’s age, guilty pleas and the absence of a criminal record. They also argued that he’s a low risk to reoffend because he lost his medical licence.
Bissonnette hasn’t practised medicine since November 2020, when the initial charges were laid.
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