B.C. chiropractor struggling with trial for sexual assault agrees to long-lasting cancellation of licence

A chiropractor in British Columbia who has faced numerous allegations above the past three a long time of sexually assaulting or inappropriately touching his individuals has agreed to permanently give up his licence ahead of his subsequent legal trial.

Murray Kievit’s registration will be cancelled for daily life as of July 31, even though he denies allegations of improperly touching a client, according to a notice from the School of Chiropractors of B.C.

Kievit, from Vernon, B.C., is established to go to demo in January on two counts of sexual assault, the B.C. Prosecution Company verified Thursday. The Crown is not releasing further more information of the allegations, which includes no matter whether the legal circumstance requires a individual.

Kievit could not be reached for remark.

This will not be his very first trial for sexual assault or his very first brush with specialist self-control for inappropriate touching.

20-3 a long time in the past, Kievit was identified not responsible of sexual assault right after 6 girls alleged he experienced touched their breasts and pubic spots throughout treatments in between 1995 and 1998, in accordance to stories in the Vernon Early morning Star newspaper at that time.

Following his acquittal in 2000, Kievit signed a consent settlement with the college admitting that he had unsuccessful to satisfy the anticipated typical of treatment “in relation to the provision of procedure in the patient’s pubic space that resulted in unintended violations of their sexual integrity,” according to a general public observe.

That consent arrangement integrated a fantastic, constraints on his capacity to do pubic therapies and a assure to limit accidental make contact with with patients’ breasts and genitals.

Kievit was disciplined yet again in 2009 immediately after admitting he didn’t get consent ahead of positioning his fingers in the entrance of a patient’s trousers to handle her pubic bone, in accordance to an additional community discover.

He also acknowledged improper use of a teddy bear throughout that therapy, the college claims, which was “with out clinical advantage, inappropriate to any intended medical objective, and demonstrated a deficiency of gender sensitivity.”

The college’s notice does not go into any further rationalization of how the teddy bear was employed, but suggests the incident resulted in willpower measures which includes a a few-thirty day period suspension and an apology letter to the individual.

In reaction to the most latest complaint of inappropriate touching, Kievit has been necessary to have a chaperone present for the duration of all appointments with female patients considering the fact that January 2022.

Now his licence has been forever cancelled, Kievit has also agreed not to engage in any type of health and fitness care again, and will have to pay fees of $1,000.