An Ontario high school teacher, who disrupted a vaccine clinic and told students vaccinations could lead to death, stormed out of a disciplinary hearing after being found guilty of professional misconduct by the Ontario College of Teachers on Wednesday.Timothy Sullivan left the room following the verdict, as the college’s council presented the proposed penalty.A penalty has not yet been determined.Christine Wadsworth, council for the college, proposed that Sullivan’s teaching certificate be suspended for a month, that he enroll in and complete courses in professional boundaries, professional ethics and anger management, and that a reprimand be given in person at the Ontario College of Teachers.During the second day of a two-day disciplinary hearing, Sullivan, who represented himself, provided testimony in his defense. He explained that he visited the vaccination clinic at his school three times on March 9, 2015.During his visits, Sullivan said he asked for the inserts included in vaccine packages which list side effects and asked the nurses about whether they informed students of all the side effects.During the first day of the hearing, Angela Swick, a registered nurse with the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit, who was administering vaccines at Sullivan’s high school on the day of the incident, said she felt “threatened” by Sullivan when he visited the clinic.She testified that Sullivan “asked kids if they knew what was in this vaccine and shouted at them not to get it.”During Sullivan’s testimony, he said he never explicitly told students not to get their shots, but rather told them he “would not get vaccinated (himself) without knowing what was inside it and what its side effects were.”“I work in a school where I’m responsible for young people. What was taking place 10 steps from my door was assault and battery. I had an obligation to go do something about it.”He also denie ...
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