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Exactly! -- and unfortunately; Just as with Jerry Sandusky, who ruined the reputation of a great university, he will fade into obscurity, and a lot sooner.
That university was complicit in 'ruining it's reputation'. Plenty of blame to go around there, and some left on the table.
He should be hanged, remains cremated then thrown in the garbage. Instead, this twisted system will take care of him until he dies of old age. sigh.
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Originally Posted by duke944
Before we try to figure something so complicated out, I think every person who sat on that board who voted for the doctor to continue his practice should be hit with assisted child molestation criminal charges. That would be a step in the right direction for society to deal with this bottom feeding scum.
Well mine is either dead or in his nineties, he really got away with it. I can only imagine how many others there were. Back then there was no recourse at all. I'm glad at least some of them are getting caught now and there is some attention brought to it.
Back then, doctors were trusted authority figures, and children had no credibility. It was a world created by and for adults. Children were suspect as potential liars, spinners of stories, "getting carried away with their imaginations". A lot has changed since the days of putting complete trust in authority figures.
I'm not sure there was no recourse, but it simply never occurred to parents to file a complaint with the medical licensing board. It was unthinkable, especially to take a child's word over that of a respected doctor, a pillar of the community, and to allow a mere child to upend a medical professional's career. What would be next, allowing children to run the world? There was a very deeply-ingrained mindset at work.
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Authorities had a chance to stop Barto in 2000, when he appeared before the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine on administrative charges that he molested two young girls in the 1990s. But regulators threw out the case and allowed him to keep practicing medicine, saying the allegations were "incongruous to his reputation."
Oh, come on! It was 2000, not 1950! Who argues a multiple abuse case, citing the perpetrator's reputation? Well, I guess the case didn't make it to court, so it was an internal Board decision...? Still, that's not much of a state medical board, if you ask me. Sounds like the classic Old-Boys' Network.
Aren't all MDs absolute gods who should never be questioned or doubted at any time about anything because they are such educated and trustworthy 'experts"?
Aren't all MDs absolute gods who should never be questioned or doubted at any time about anything because they are such educated and trustworthy 'experts"?
Of course not.
And if one or two or 10 of them do something terrible, all 100000 should be painted with the same brush.
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