''R v O'Connor'',

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decision on disclosure of

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s. O’Connor was accused of and charged with rape and indecent assault of four women. The Court held that the medical and counselling records of a complainant in a sexual assault case that are held by a third party can be disclosed by order of the judge if they meet two requirements. First, the applicant must establish, without seeing them, that the records are likely to be relevant to the case. Second, the judge must review the records and decide whether to disclose them based on the balancing the right to make full answer and defence, and the right to

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. The O'Connor involved in the case was Hubert Patrick O'Connor, a

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who was found guilty of sex crimes in 1991.Disgraced B.C. bishop dead of heart attack
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* Supreme Court of Canada cases 1995 in Canadian case law Rape in Canada Canadian evidence case law Publication bans in Canadian case law Sexual abuse of women in the Catholic Church {{Canada-law-stub

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