Philipp Bonhoeffer was dismissed by Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in 2010
A medical tribunal has found a former Great Ormond Street Hospital doctor's fitness to practise has been impaired.
The verdict follows a ruling by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service on Friday that Professor Philipp Bonhoeffer was guilty of inappropriate and sexually motivated conduct.
Prof Bonhoeffer faces being struck off the medical register after he was found to have behaved inappropriately towards children in Kenya and a boy in France.
He has always denied any wrongdoing.
Prof Bonhoeffer was employed by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) from 2001. In 2002 he became head of cardiology until his dismissal in May 2010.
The panel said Prof Bonhoeffer has a "deep-seated behavioural problem".
Panel chairman David Kyle said: "The panel is of the view that Professor Bonhoeffer's case represents one of the most serious forms of abuse, both of young boys and of his own privileged position as a member of the medical profession."
Sexual touchingThe tribunal panel in Manchester decided it was proven that Prof Bonhoeffer had committed inappropriate conduct while in Kenya to undertake charitable medical work between 1993 and 2008.
The panel heard that in 1995 during an overnight stay at a camp in Kenya, he behaved in a sexually motivated way towards a boy of 13.
Professor Bonhoeffer was also found to have touched a 16-year-old Kenyan boy sexually, telling him such conduct was normal and acceptable in Europe.
A Great Ormond Street Hospital spokeswoman has said the doctor stopped seeing patients at the trust in 2009.
She said: "We have been reassured by the GMC that this hearing is unconnected with his duties at the hospital."
A statement from the professor's lawyers said he maintained his denial of the allegations.
It went on: "He has no intention of resuming the practice of medicine in the United Kingdom.
"He no longer has any confidence in the fairness of the process or, given the history of the case, that the proceedings will be concluded in a timely way."
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