Psychologist Sentenced for Covering Up Patient Affair | Winnipeg News

Winnipieg News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 13, 2026 · 1m

A psychologist in her forties faces 18 months of house arrest after secretly maintaining a sexual relationship with a patient she was treating — a man later found not criminally responsible for murder. Between 2021 and 2022, she withheld critical details from the Criminal Code Review Board five times, hoping to protect her reputation or secure his release — actions that betrayed the integrity of the justice system. The affair began when he confessed romantic feelings, which she reciprocated — but quickly spiraled as he became abusive, harassing her husband and threatening to expose intimate…