Wow, I had no idea that parents don't accompany their kids

[neesie03]

into the examining room at the pediatrician's office. Do you?

I hope he spends the rest of his life in jail!

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A Delaware pediatrician is accused of molesting at least 16 patients, including some who appear to be no more than 6 months old, and police said the doctor used video cameras to record some of the brutal attacks in exam rooms.

Dr. Earl B. Bradley, 56, was being held on $2.9 million bond Tuesday, said Sgt. Walter Newton, a Delaware State Police spokesman. Police believe there could be more victims.
Bradley, of Lewes, faces 29 charges, including rape. He was charged last week with sexually abusing nine girls.

"Forensic evaluation of seized video files and software has to date discovered 15 more unidentified victims," according to a detective's sworn statement obtained by The News Journal of Wilmington.

While court officials released some records to The Associated Press, the detective's affidavit was not one of them.
An explicit 18-page document released to AP did, however, detail the alleged attacks in exam rooms, which had Disney themes such as Pinocchio, at BayBees Pediatrics, Bradley's solo practice. A detective who viewed the assaults described in court papers the 6-foot, 225-pound Bradley as having a "violently enraged expression on his face" in one video involving a 2-year-old.

Newton said he did not know if Bradley had an attorney. A listed home phone number could not be found for Bradley, and prison officials would not allow a call through to him for comment Tuesday night.

The detective, who noted he had viewed thousands of child molestation images, described the video "as one of the most violent and brutal attacks on a child of any age" that he had seen.
"At the end of the tape, the defendant re-dresses, offers the child a treat and tells her they are going in to see 'Mommy,'" according to the documents.


In another video, Bradley abuses a patient who tried twice to run away, the documents said. Some of the video clips were 20 to 30 seconds. Others lasted more than 11 minutes.
Court documents said a Dec. 15 raid of the doctor's office found six hand-held video cameras, but it wasn't clear whether cameras were held or set up for the tapings. Police also seized a computer and digital and thumb drives.
Authorities later searched the doctor's home in Lewes, a town of 3,100 on the Delaware coast, taking awaydigital cameras, VHS tapes and numerous photo negatives.


Police claim Bradley abused children in more than one room at his office, noting that he also took children to an outbuilding "where he keeps rides, toys and treats."
The alleged crimes cited in court papers happened between August and this month. Police said they learned of the alleged abuse when a 2-year-old girl told her mother that the doctor had hurt her during a Dec. 7 appointment.

[camille147]

That is sick. You teach your kids to trust your parents and the Dr. when it comes to your body. I would never leave my child alone with a Dr... My pedi talks to me all during the examination of the kids... Those poor kids... I just can't believe he found that many parents willing to leave their kids alone with him???

[chitownmelli]

oh my goodness! I really wonder why the parents weren't with the kids. My mom always came in the room with us, so I assumed that's how it is done.

That's really really disgusting.

[Dengineer]

Not in this lifetime would my child go into an exam room without me. The alarm bells in my head would be deafening.

I saw the same pediatrician until I went to college and my mother ALWAYS went into the exam room with me until I was 18 years old. I thought she was being overbearing and nosy but now I know she was just looking out for me!

[Mama Stu]

That makes mes sick to my stomach. My 18 year old still sometimes wants me to go in with her and I do. I can not imagine letting a two year old go by themselves. I wander how he got the parents to do that.

[kandpsmom]

That is absolutely disgusting! The only times my kids have been without me was in the newborn nursery at the hospital and during surgeries and both of those made me cringe. I can't imagine sending a six month old back alone for a routine check up. I know our ped always asks questions during check ups. If I was ever asked to let my child go back alone I would find a new ped. I hope he finds a nice boyfriend or 2 in prison. I know that's not very Christian of me but I have no tolerance for anyone who hurts children.

[Dengineer]

What about his staff? How could they live with themselves because they had to know what was going on?

[VivaciousJewelz]

Sick, sick, sick. This makes me physically ill.

I hope I never go to any doctor stupid enough to try to tell me that I can't accompany my daughter into the exam room. If anything, having parents there minimizes lawsuit potential, I would think.

[momof4inmi]

That just makes me sick to my stomach. Until recently my ds#3 and DD's pediatrician was mine growing up and I never let them go in there alone. I go in with all 4 of my kids and if I know there is something they want to talk to the Dr alone I stand right outside the door.
I hope this "DR" rots in hell.

[shashabell]

Was the staff in on it to? How could they not know?