THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION INVESTIGATION FINDS BROKEN SYSTEM FORGIVES SEXUALLY ABUSIVE DOCTORS IN EVERY STATE

Wednesday, July 06, 2016 — ATLANTA – July 6, 2016 – On Wednesday, July 6, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) begins its groundbreaking national investigation into doctors and sex abuse.

The newspaper’s analysis of up to 16 years of public records shows sexual improprieties and misconduct involving doctors of all types: psychiatrists seducing the emotionally fragile; urologists subjecting women to lewd remarks during intimate exams; family practitioners fondling minors; pain specialists exchanging prescriptions for intercourse; anesthesiologists molesting sedated patients; obstetricians raping patients who came to them for care.

The Journal-Constitution analyzed more than 100,000 of public records and found more than 2,400 doctors who were sanctioned after being accused sexual misconduct involving patients. Of those, half still have active medical licenses today, the newspaper found.c