A Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., doctor who sexually abused two patients has lost his licence to practise.
The punishment against Dr. Anthony DeLuco was handed down by College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Along with a reprimand, the college also ordered Dr. DeLuco to provide $20,000 as surety to pay for counselling for his victims.
A college spokeswoman said Dr. DeLuco waived his right to appeal.
Early last month, a college panel said it had accepted evidence that Dr. DeLuco had sex with one patient and improperly touched another.
The panel found Dr. DeLuco wasn't a credible witness, but also dismissed allegations from two other patients.
The most sensational accusations came from one patient who said she had intercourse with Dr. DeLuco at her home and in his office in 2000 and 2001.
She also said he had engaged in a sexual threesome with her and a friend, and that he had left her phone messages of a sexually inviting nature.
The woman, who cannot be identified, testified that Dr. DeLuco performed oral sex on her friend during the encounter, which took place in the bedroom of her friend's home as their children played downstairs.
The disciplinary panel said her story "carried the ring of truth" and rejected Dr. DeLuco's claim that he only watched the two women having sex before leaving the room.
If the doctor was in control and competent, the panel found, he would have responded immediately to his professional training when the sexually charged encounter between the two women started.
At one point in the hearing, Dr. DeLuco described the curvature of his erect penis to defend himself from a patient who alleged she noticed it "crooked" sideways when he was sexually aroused. A flustered Dr. DeLuco denied his penis curved left or right, saying it in fact bent inward.
Under Ontario law, doctors found guilty of sexual abusing patients automatically lose their licences to practise medicine.
Dr. DeLuco was chairman of the Ontario Medical Association's general and family practice section until May.