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Medicine Hat doctor charged with sexual assault and sexual interference

Oct 6, 2021 | 9:52 AM

YORK, ONT. — Police north of Toronto have charged a family doctor from Medicine Hat with sexual assault.

York Regional Police say a man reported he had been sexually assaulted as a young child in 1988 and ’89 and the investigation uncovered a second victim.

Police say Ian Gebhardt, who is 59, was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with two counts each of sexual assault and sexual interference of a person under 14.

The accused was known to work for volunteer organizations with children in York Region in the ‘80s.