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   From: Trudy_member@newsguy.com   
      
   In article , Angela Gupta says...   
   >   
   >In article <1159943048.893726.249580@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Barbara   
   >Schwarz says...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>Angela Gupta schrieb:   
   >>   
   >>>From nzherald.co.nz [quote ]Former New Zealand psychiatrist Dr Selwyn Leeks   
   has   
   >>>been ordered to pay $55,000 in damages for sexually abusing a former   
   patient.   
   >>>The payment was ordered by an Australian court which found that Dr Leeks   
   "took   
   >>> advantage ... of a disturbed psychiatric patient".   
   >>>   
   >>>The 77-year-old is also being investigated by New Zealand police over   
   claims by   
   >>>former child and youth patients that he abused them at Lake Alice Hospital   
   near   
   >>> Wanganui in the 1970s.   
   >>>   
   >>> He escaped a potentially damning disciplinary hearing before the Medical   
   >>> Practitioners Board of Victoria last month by effectively surrendering his   
   >>> medical licence in return for the case being shelved.   
   >>>   
   >>> A five-year investigation into complaints from 50 former Lake Alice   
   patients   
   >>> found a case of unprofessional conduct to answer in 16 of them.   
   >>>   
   >>> Dr Leeks, who left New Zealand in the late 1970s, is accused of punishing   
   >>> patients with electric shock therapy.   
   >>>   
   >>>The sexual abuse claim was heard as a civil case in the Victoria County   
   Court.   
   >>>   
   >>> Judge Jim Duggan said in his verdict: "I conclude that a senior and   
   >>> well-credentialled psychiatrist took advantage of the vulnerability of a   
   >>> disturbed psychiatric patient for the purposes of sexual gratification."   
   >>>   
   >>> He awarded the woman $55,000 damages.   
   >>>   
   >>> Dr Leeks said he had no recollection of the woman, and denied any sexual   
   >>> impropriety. [end quote]   
   >>>   
   >>> That's pretty convenient memory lapse.   
   >>   
   >>You post very informative articles, Angela, keep them coming.   
   >>   
   >>Barbara Schwarz   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >Glad you like 'em.  There's certainly no shortage of articles in the news   
   about   
   >psychiatrists who sexually abuse patients, maim and injure them, commit   
   >financial crimes, perpetrate fraud, and generally indulge in criminal   
   activity.   
   >Angela   
   >   
   Unfortunately, this is too true, Angela.  It seems to be the nature of the   
   beast.   
      
   Trudy   
      
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