Albert De Villiers

• Parole granted for former health official in B.C. and Alberta who sexually assaulted boy

  The board says de Villiers, a top public health official in northern Alberta before his move to B.C. in 2020, has a supportive network of family, friends and "faith community."

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  Jun 4, 2025
  
• Secondary set of child sex charges against former Interior Health top doctor withdrawn

  Interior Health's former top doctor entered a two-year peace bond in September, leading to the withdrawal of the final child sex assault charges against him. 

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  Oct 17, 2023
  
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• ‘Appalling’: B.C. doctor continued to receive salary despite child sex charges, says political party

  “It defies logic that hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds were spent to pay the salary of someone on trial for such horrible crimes,” said MLA Shirley Bond.

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  Oct 17, 2023
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• Former senior health official in B.C., Alberta sentenced to 5.5 years for child sex assault

  Convicted child molester Dr. Albert de Villiers was sentenced to five and a half years for his sex crimes against a child who once called him “uncle.”

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  Jun 13, 2023
• Former senior health official in B.C., Alberta awaits sentencing for sex crimes involving child

  A disgraced doctor who was once at the top in his field in both Interior Health and Alberta Health Services north zone could see up to eight years in prison for child sex assault.

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  Jun 12, 2023
• Interior Health ends employment of former top doctor convicted of sexual assault

  Interior Health said in an emailed statement that it could 'confirm that as of (Tuesday), Dr. Albert de Villiers is no longer an employee of Interior Health.'

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  Feb 8, 2023
• Former top doctor of B.C.’s Interior Health region, Alberta’s North zone found guilty of child sex assault

  Dr. Albert De Villiers was found guilty Tuesday of the sexual molestation of a child under the age of 12 in Grande Prairie, Alta. It's a charge he denied.

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  Feb 7, 2023
• Former top doctor for Interior Health testifies in child sex assault trial

  Due to the age of the people involved in the trial, there’s a publication ban covering their identities and anything that may offer insight into them.

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  Jan 11, 2023
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• Interior Health’s former top doctor to stand trial on assault charges

  Dr. Albert Stefanus de Villiers, who was until June 2021 the health authority's top doctor, has been ordered to stand trial in Alberta.

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  Apr 21, 2022
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• Interior Health’s top doctor declines comment as he is released from custody on alleged child sex crimes

  “No comment. At this stage, I would like to talk to my lawyer first," de Villiers said. 

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  Jun 9, 2021