Louise Sigouin, the show’s popular sexologist If we loved each other, announced in an open letter on Friday that she was retiring from the Professional Order of Sexologists of Quebec (OPSQ). This departure comes following the official filing of a complaint before the disciplinary council once morest Mr.me Sigouin, on April 14, following a long investigation process.
In a document obtained by The dutythe OPSQ mentions that the analysis of the information gathered during its investigation into the role of Louise Sigouin within If we loved each other “demonstrated significant ethical faults with regard to several articles of the OPSQ code of ethics”. “Given the extent of the breaches, we decided to file a complaint once morest Ms. Sigouin before the Disciplinary Council of the Order”, can we read. This complaint follows requests for an investigation filed by viewers.
According to our sources, a second complaint would be filed in the coming weeks, this time following reports made by participants of the show.
Louise Sigouin said she was upset by the complaint, “considering that this is the first complaint of any kind that has been brought once morest [elle] in 30 years of career.
She has in the same breath confirmed her participation in the fourth season of If we loved each other. « [Ce retrait de l’OPSQ] seems to me to be the only possible solution that will allow me to pursue my commitments with complete peace of mind towards the participants of the fourth season of If we loved each other and towards Duo Productions, while resolving the situation with the Order,” said Ms.me Sigouin.
The departure of Louise Sigouin from the OPSQ does not mean that she will not have to face the disciplinary council. “Depending on the outcome of the complaint, I will make a decision as to my subsequent membership with the Order,” she explained in an open letter published on the website of the Montreal Journal.
Louise Sigouin considers that her membership of the OPSQ is not necessary for the pursuit of her activities carried out within the framework of the docureality “or even in the accompaniment [qu’elle] offers to [ses] clients “. “My expertise in sexology is secondary to the show: it’s my approach to the five dualities that has a huge positive impact in the concept of the show,” she says.
A word to participants
In her open letter, Louise Sigouin also said she was challenged by the allegations uncovered by the investigation of the To have toon April 9.
Four participants from the three seasons of If we loved each other had denounced what they considered to be ethical breaches on the part of the sexologist. “If the participants experienced the feeling of not having been accompanied and [soutenus] adequately during their appearance on the television show, despite the help and the measures put in place, know that this is of great concern to me,” says Ms.me Sigouin.
She says she has collaborated with the OPSQ for two years, as has Duo Productions, the show’s producer, but does not want to comment on the content of the complaint “out of respect for the ongoing disciplinary process. […]since the proof is not yet communicated”.
Louise Sigouin claims to have contacted the OPSQ in 2016 to “present the television project in which she intended to participate as an expert in relational support and sexologist”. “I made a point of taking steps with the Order in order to respect my ethical obligations, considering that this project was totally new and innovative,” she specifies in her letter.
TVA and Duo Productions did not wish to grant an interview to the To have to.