doctors.ajc.comDoctors & Sex Abuse: Still forgiven

Doctors & Sex Abuse: Still forgiven -- visible class is important for jQuery functionality -- In recent years, critical attention has been focused nationwide on the military, Boy Scouts, colleges and the Catholic Church for turning a blind eye to sexual abuse. In each case, institutions and professions responded to create strict accountability and restore public trust. But one profession has escaped broad scrutiny. A national investigative series by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A national investigative series by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution scroll down -- this allows the intro div to scroll -- -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- #DOCTORSEXABUSE Home Explore the series Part 1: License to Betray Part 2: Illness or Crime? Part 3: State Secrets Part 4: Failing Grades Part 5: Hurt That Doesn't Heal Part 6: Still Forgiven Full table of contents State report cards About this investigation Resources for patients More Explore the series Part 1: License to Betray Part 2: Illness or Crime? Part 3: State Secrets Part 4: Failing Grades Part 5: Hurt That Doesn't Heal Part 6: Still Forgiven Full table of contents State report cards Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming About this investigation Resources for patients -- Illustrations by Richard Watkins / AJC An AJC National Investigation Still forgiven The #MeToo movement and public outcry over Dr. Larry Nassar’s sex abuse have not reformed the system that disciplines doctors. By Carrie Teegardin and Danny Robbins A new national investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has uncovered 450 cases of doctors who were brought before medical regulators or courts for sexual misconduct or sex crimes in 2016 and 2017. In nearly half of those cases, the AJC found, the doctors remain licensed to practice medicine, no matter whether the victims were patients or employees, adults or children. Even some doctors criminally convicted are back in practice, demonstrating that a system that forgives doctors — first exposed by the AJC in 2016 — has not changed. Continue reading He was caught on video, but Georgia doctor kept his medical license By Danny Robbins Her family and friends said leave it alone, but Lisa Miller had other ideas. Convinced that her doctor had sexually violated her during her last visit, she believed she had to do something to expose him. She also knew she couldn’t let it come down to her word against his. Continue reading Still forgiven: More from Part 6 | April 26, 2018 Doctors cut deals for sex crimes Notable lenient sentences How we got this story Our follow-up investigation found over 450 new physician sexual misconduct cases — it wasn't easy Explore the series Part 1: License to betray Doctor sex abuse is tolerated by regulators and forgiven in every state, a national investigation finds Part 2: Illness or crime? In a broken system, doctors accused of sexual misconduct get treatment and return to work Part 3: State secrets The medical profession shields doctors’ abuse nationwide, leaving patients in the dark Part 4: Failing grades An analysis of laws and policies in every state finds huge gaps in patient protection Part 5: Hurt that doesn’t heal Victims suffer harm that can linger for a lifetime; some are willing to share their story Full table of contents The AJC launched its national investigation after a surprise finding from a story in 2015 Doctors & Sex Abuse Until the AJC in 2016 published its national investigation of doctor sex abuse cases, no one had accurate data about the extent of the problem or whether doctors were being held accountable. After analyzing more than 100,000 medical board documents, the AJC found that more than 3,100 doctors had faced public accusations of sexual misconduct from 1999 to 2015. The investigation also revealed a broken regulatory system that too often shielded doctors from accountability. In 2017, to see if the system had changed, we again reviewed public disciplinary actions by medical regulators in all 50 states. That investigation found that more than 450 doctors had been brought before medical boards or courts in 2016 and 2017 for cases involving sexual misconduct. Many doctors, we found, continue to be shielded. The AJC invests the time to do this reporting as part of its mission to help protect the public and hold regulatory agencies accountable. The AJC is nationally recognized for its work on the topic of physician misconduct, and its Doctors & Sex Abuse series was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. More about this investigation » Tell others about this AJC Investigation #DoctorSexAbuse Let us hear from you The Atlanta Journal-Constitution welcomes its readers to share their thoughts about this series, Doctors & Sex Abuse. 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