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Related: About this forumJohnstown, PA, pediatrician admits to sexually assaulting dozens of young patients
A former Pennsylvania pediatrician has admitted he sexually assaulted 31 children, most of them patients.
Johnnie Barto, of Johnstown, pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually abusing two family members and admitted to sexually assaulting more than two dozen patients.
The abuse spanned decades and typically involved girls and boys between ages 8 and 12.
One of the victims was 2 weeks old.
The attorney generals office says Barto molested children in the exam room at Laurel Pediatric Associates in Cambria County and at local hospitals.
The 71-year-old was arrested in January and remains behind bars pending his sentencing. His medical license has been suspended.
Bartos lawyer, David Weaver, says the plea will allow healing to begin for Bartos victims, his family and himself.
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2018/12/20/Pediatrician-Johnnie-Barto-Johnstown-admits-sexual-assault-dozens-young-patients/stories/201812200137
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(7,725 posts)days when the news DESPERATELY needs to change the topic away from the gop or some gop politician? Or to rally the right(esp w guns) Watch how they occur going forward. Seems to be a slight trend on those two topics when stuff gets nasty. Just a suggestion for the future. See if im wrong.
See the Las Vegas Shooter as one of many prime examples. We never did find out what his particular problem was. Conveniently dead now too. Go figure.