November 30 Ottawa Provincial Court […]

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1977-11-30

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November 30 Ottawa Provincial Court judge Bernard Ryan found Peter Maloney guilty of keeping a common bawdy house. The charge arose out of the police raid on the Club Baths of Ottawa on May 22, 1976, during which acts of oral sex had been observed by officers. Maloney had been a shareholder and secretary-treasurer of the club, and was arrested later in Toronto. Ryan concluded that although gay sauna clubs may have a place in the community, the sexual acts that occur there must be private, and cannot take place in front of observers. Maloney received a conditional discharge, with the provision he sever links with the club and report to a probation officer for a year.

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Toronto The Club Baths Ottawa

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P.M. (Peter Maloney)Bernard Ryan

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Provincial Court of Ontario / Ontario Court of Justice Toronto Police Service

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"Sex Acts Out in Gay Saunas," Montreal Star, 1 December 1977, p. B10."Maloney Found Guilty over Homosexual Club," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 1 December 1977, p. 2 "Judge Outlaws Public Sex Acts in Sauna Clubs," London Free Press, 1 December 1977, p. A19 Brian Gory, "Undercover: Police Witnessed Homosexual Acts Prior to Raid," Ottawa Citizen, 16 November 1977, p. 3 Brian Gory, "Homosexual Clubs May Have a Place, Ottawa Judge Says: 'Observers' Ruled Out," Ottawa Citizen, final ed., 30 November 1977, p. 1 Peter Bochove, "Business: Directions for Success," Directions: For Gay Men, 1, no. 2 (1977) : 7 Donna Balkan, "Gays Like Judge's Comments," Ottawa Citizen, final ed., 1 December 1977, p. 3

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Bernard Ryan

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