From: thrasher@reece.net.au   
      
   SAN DIEGO - A respiratory therapist affiliated with a children’s   
   hospital confessed to “countless” molestations of young disabled   
   patients, a prosecutor told a judge at the man's arraignment Friday.   
      
   The alleged confession was reported during a proceeding at which Wayne   
   Bleyle, 54, pleaded not guilty to two counts of molestation and 24   
   counts of child pornography involving children under his care.   
      
   Investigators telephoned Bleyle while he was recently in New York “and   
   he began confessing to countless” instances of fondling and digitally   
   penetrating children under his care, Deputy District Attorney Laura   
   Gunn told the judge   
      
   Superior Court Judge David Szumowski set bail at $5 million.   
   Prosecutors had asked for only $3 million.   
      
   Bleyle, who worked for 25 years at a convalescent facility affiliated   
   with Children’s Hospital and Health Center, was arrested Wednesday.   
      
   Accused of abusing two kids per week   
   Gunn told the court that Bleyle sexually abused two children a week   
   while working with patients too sick to walk or talk.   
      
   Investigators seized two computers and one hard drive and found tens   
   of thousands of child pornography images, she said.   
      
   She said he confessed by phone to investigators while he was recently   
   in New York. When an investigator asked how many children he abused,   
   he replied, “How many snowflakes are there out there?” she said.   
      
   The prosecutor alleged that Bleyle chose the “most brain-damaged, most   
   comatose” children to abuse and she described him as a “prolific   
   trader in child pornography.”   
      
   “Simply put, this is the worst case of child molest imaginable,” she   
   said.   
      
   Outside court, the prosecutor said Bleyle was in upstate New York as   
   recently as March 2 and flew back to San Diego voluntarily Monday   
   night.   
      
   Possibly more than 100,000 child porn images   
   She said investigators found possibly more than 100,000 images of   
   child pornography on his computers and that he was the only one seen   
   in the photographs molesting the children.   
      
   “It saddens and sickens me tremendously,” she said. “This is a   
   shattering thing for all of us. It’s just devastating.”   
      
   She said the photos showed both boys and girls.   
      
   The investigation was continuing, she said.   
      
   Hospital spokesman Tom Hanscom said Thursday that as a respiratory   
   therapist at the long-term care facility, Bleyle had contact with   
   patients requiring constant attention. Patients there generally cannot   
   feed, bathe or dress themselves.   
      
   Hospital officials have contacted the families of all 53 patients at   
   the facility, which is located on the Children’s Hospital campus in   
   San Diego. The hospital is also in the process of contacting families   
   of past patients, Hanscom said.   
      
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