The College of Physicians and Surgeons has found a Barrie dermatologist accused of sexual misconduct guilty of several offences.

A lengthy disciplinary hearing for Dr. Rod Kunynetz by the College of Physicians and Surgeons wrapped up on July 12. The investigation focused on allegations from four complainants dating back as far as 1999.

The governing body for doctors released its findings into Dr. Kunynetz Tuesday and concluded that the Barrie doctor engaged in sexual abuse of a patient and said his conduct would reasonably be regarded as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.

One woman testified Dr. Kunynetz pulled her bra straps aside, placed his hands inside her bra during an exam and fondled her breasts without an explanation.

The disciplinary committee found “no clinical justification for the touching by Dr. Kunynetz of Patient B’s breasts.” The committee said that Kunynetz “engaged in sexual abuse in his touching of the breast of Patient B.”

Other patients testified they weren’t given a proper cover or gown and that Kunynetz removed their clothing without consent or warning.

The committee found an “absence of adequate warning or explanation” and said it would reasonably be regarded as “disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.”

The committee issued the same statement about testimony from two complainants who alleged “Dr. Kunynetz pressed himself against their legs in such a way that they could feel his penis pressing against them.”

Kunynetz maintained that it was impossible for his genitalia to come into contact with the legs of the patients because a fold of abdominal fat covered all or part of his genitals due to his overall obesity.

Much of the discipline committee decision dealt with the measures taken by two urology experts who examined the allegations that Kunynetz had pressed his genitals against patients.

Dr. Sidney Rodomski was retained by Kunynetz's defence to conduct an examination to assess whether it was physically possible or probable that the contact alleged by the patients could have occurred.

The report says Rodomski examined Kunynetz, both without and with an erection, and concluded that it would not have been possible for the doctor to have rubbed his genitalia against the patients.

Dr. Gerald Brock examined Kunynetz for the college and conducted a series of manoeuvres, using himself to represent a patient sitting on the side of an examination couch, and Kunynetz as the physician.

These were conducted at three different table heights and he testified that he was able to feel Kunynetz's penis at all three heights.

"The committee could conclude only that the impossibility of contact between the doctor's penis and a patient's skin (through clothing), was not established," the decision stated.

The committee said the evidence demonstrates that there was contact "between the patients and that part of  Dr. Kunynetz's lower abdomen at the level of his pelvis, and that the patients were distressed by this."

It also found that Kunynetz saw two female patients alone after he had signed an undertaking to see female patients only in the presence of a chaperone.

Kunynetz did not comment on the report today, but his lawyer told CTV News they’ll be analyzing the college’s finding of abuse and haven’t decided if there will be an appeal.

The College’s report will pave the way for a separate penalty hearing.

Kunynetz is also facing criminal charges related to those complaints, but those remain before the courts.

-With files from The Canadian Press