Dr. Ian Gebhardt is facing four charges

By Brian Konrad

ALLEGED TO HAVE HAPPENED IN LATE 80'S

Medicine Hat doctor charged with sexual assault and sexual interference

Oct 6, 2021 | 7:41 AM

YORK, ONTARIO — 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.

In a release, York regional police say Gebhardt has been a resident of Medicine Hat since 2007.

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Gebhardt went to trial in Medicine Hat in 2018 on a charge of sexually assaulting a patient, but the charge was stayed.

(CHAT News Today with files from the Canadian Press)