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NEWMARKET — The 91-year-old former top physician in York Region defiantly denied allegations Tuesday that he sexually abused little boys decades ago, while he was a family doctor, United Church elder and Boy Scout volunteer.
“Not guilty,” Dr. Owen Slingerland said four times as allegations of indecent assault on four boys were read out in a Newmarket courtroom.
Supporting himself with a cane, Slingerland spoke in a loud but cracking voice as he denied the charges before Justice Anne Mullin in Superior Court.
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