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Hershel Goldman

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Dr. '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', B.Sc., MBBS, FRACGP, is a [[Circumcised doctors| circumcised doctor]], general practitioner, and Jewish ''[[mohel]]'' who practises medicine in Melbourne, Victoria, [[Australia]]. The ''Daily Mail'' reports that the [https://www.medicalboard.gov.au Medical Board of Australia] has banned him from performing [[circumcision]] after he amputated the [[penis| penises]] of two boys while performing ritual circumcisions in homes.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Top circumcision doctor is banned from performing the operations after amputating two little boys' penises, tribunal hears
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|url=https://www.noharmm.org/boysmaysue.htm
|title=Circumcised boys may sue
|journal=The Health Law Update (Australia)
Boyle et al. (2000) suggested that [[circumcision]] of incompetent minors may constitute criminal assault. They also suggested that civil liability may apply and cited cases in which damages were obtained for circumcision.<ref>Gregory J Boyle, J Steven Svoboda, Christopher P Price, J Neville Turner. [https://www.cirp.org/library/legal/boyle1/ Circumcision of Healthy Boys: Criminal Assault?] 7 J Law Med 301 (2000).</ref>
It is not clear what civil and/or criminal penalties Dr. Goldman may face.
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* [[Jean-Marie Huot]]
* [[Australia]]
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