AP: Doctors keep licenses despite sexual abuse. Associated Press. April 14, 2018, 11:04 PM.
"You can't do this and serve french fries.... I'm ashamed of what's going on here." Jason Rosenberg, former chairman of the Florida Board of Hospitals, April 12, 2018.
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| James Allen Forney. Twice convicted child sexual abuser. Former ASH security Guard. |
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| Dr. Cara Christ. Current Director, Arizona Department of Health Services. |
INTRODUCTION: It can be eerie at times, how expressions I share in at least some of my articles jibe on point with breaking news at the national level. I have in the past emphasized the fact that doctors get away with misconduct that would get any other American in justified legal jeopardy. This applies to the fact that in relation to the various federal intervention at ASH over the last 20 years, and the shake-up at ASH as recently as spring, 2018, not one staff psychiatrist was subject to the same accountability that involved non-medical staff (but for a nurse or two) were subject to.
And more specifically, with direct regard for ASH's long time chief medical officer, Dr. Steven Dingle, I again pointed out the fact that Dingle was allowed to grope or otherwise sexually abuse staff directly under his authority with no fear of being subject to the same level of accountability that the rest of us should expect. Such entitlement is both underserved, and outright unethical with respect for the rights of individuals victimized by the likes of Dingle, and other like sexual deviants.
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"With this in mind, there's simple no telling how victims of Dingle's sexual abuse are doing today. Herein, the absurdity of Christ's trying to sweep this issue under the rug on the basis of the years that have passed since that criminal act. Sexual abuse can and does leave permanent damage. It is that simple. And if any area of medical expertise should include this fact in the educational and certification (licensing) process, it is in the area of psychiatric medicine." (See below.)
Just yesterday (April 15, 2018), before I had even read the above article published by the Associated Press, I again emphasized the disturbing fact that everyone from the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners (over 20 years ago) to the current director of Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), Dr. Cara Christ and her underling Dr. Aaron Bowen (only days ago), exhibit a contemptible unwillingness to acknowledge the significance of Dingle's sexual depravity. Wherein Dingle did as a matter of known evidence get away with laying his grimy ass hands on women who were relying on him to advance their given career aspirations. Medical residents, that is, working directly under this particular degenerates authority. This, as a matter of plain fact, is a pattern of sexual misbehavior that fully meets the definition of sexual predation. Which would lead the rest of us into pretty serious trouble, this as a matter of plain fact.
PJ Reed The Arizona State Hospital and Patient Abuse. April 15, 2018:
"With the ultimate findings of the above hearing specific to hyper-sexual Steven Dingle, 'doctor,' in mind, I contend that it is only because Dingle is a medical doctor, and the related fact that medical professionals in any setting are generally not willing to hold their peers to the same level of accountability that the rest of us bear, that he was not- in fact- criminally charged or otherwise held reasonably accountable for his known history as a sexual abuser. Why else would the Board not include in that ultimate finding Dingle's laying of hands on women working under his direct authority as a factor in his discipline? (They didn't, but instead literally omitted those elements of his misconduct at the conclusion of that hearing.)
The fact is, Dingle received little more then a slap on the wrist, a mere letter of reprimand, which I believe fails to to so much as provide meaningful deterrence, much less the level of accountability that is necessary in this day in age to ensure that women and other vulnerable populations are no longer subject to what we all know has gone on over these long years."
"Oh, never mind. I was just being my hyper-sexual self."
"Dr. Dingle reached over and grabbed the resident's thigh.. kept his hand on her thigh until she pushed his hand away..."
"Dr. Dingle's action frightened the resident."
"When she was pregnant during her residency Dr. Dingle required her to stand up so he could... rub her belly.... stroked her hair...."
"... began rubbing her shoulders before she had time to turn around..."
Squirming, yet, Dingle?
I swear, just reading these details about Dingle makes me sick to my stomach. The man is obviously sick and dangerous to the wellbeing of common society. I would argue for his need not be not only fully held accountable, but also to be provided treatment for- as he put it in his own words- "hyper-sexuality" (blech!).... Maybe even at ASH (along with other known sexual abusers, e.g. Greg Brewer). But whatever the case, to allow Dingle to continue working in one most entrusted roles in Arizona's public mental health system is just wrong, wrong, wrong.
I was sexually abused as a child, I have openly discussed this in previous articles (generally in relation to Dr. Laxman Patel's shifting the blame for that shit off of the adult who abused me, and onto me, in his formal notes after our first 1:1 meeting), and am today still negatively affected by that particular personal event; most notably in nightmares, but also when it comes to personal, intimate relationships where trust is at stake.
With this in mind, there's simple no telling how Dingle's victims of sexual abuse are doing today. Herein, the absurdity of Christ's trying to sweep this issue under the rug on the basis of the the years that have passed since that criminal act. Sexual abuse can and does leave permanent damage. It is that simple. And if any area of medical expertise should include this fact in the educational and certification (licensing) process, it is in the area of psychiatric medicine. Not that this excuses Christ's blunder in context, given that she is not a psychiatrist. Any licensed medical professional, from EMTs and on up through the food chain, should this day in age be well aware of the horrific impacts of sexual abuse in any form.
The willingness of these people to ignore Dingle's atrocious activities is consistent with their willingness to ignore other equally wrongdoing within the walls and fence lines of ASH. By engaging in this crap, they do, as a matter of plain fact, enter the ranks of every other grossly unethical realm of human history, and they do it with impunity.
Why and how is it that medical doctors, including but far from limited to Dr. Cara Christ and Dr. Aaron Bowen, are so disconnected from reality in this context? Where do such people even come from?!?
Oh, wait- I remember:
Societally Sanctioned Sociopathy
Personified.
Have they no shame?
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IN CLOSING: Not a ton of time right now to delve into this particular aspect of the current debauchery going on at ASH and in the executive offices of ADHS. But at this point, the record speaks for itself, anyway. Bowen, Honig, Christ have all proven themselves to be supporters of Dingle's known deviance. Consistent with the hiring of Allen James Forney, etc. etc. etc.
It's that bad, it's that simple, couldn't make it up if I had to.
More later.
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