Dr. Johnnie Barto of Johnstown will be sentenced on dozens of counts, including aggravated indecent assault and child endangerment. Prosecutors say he spent decades abusing boys and girls in the exam room at his pediatric practice in western Pennsylvania and at local hospitals, with his victims typically ranging in age from 8 to 12. One was an infant.
Authorities had a chance to stop Barto in 2000, when he appeared before the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine on administrative charges that he molested two young girls in the 1990s. But regulators threw out the case and allowed him to keep practicing medicine, saying the allegations were “incongruous to his reputation.” At the time, the prominent pediatrician had a lot of support in the community.
This is what joycemurray will look like after the cabinet shuffle.
It's easy Skip everything and straight for the electric chair. These kinds of scum don't learn. We need to start making examples of 0-fooking-tolerence! There is no fear whatsoever so... time to change that. Inflict deadly fear and maybe they'll start thinking beforehand!
“But regulators threw out the case and allowed him to keep practicing medicine, saying the allegations were “incongruous to his reputation.” 😡😡 They should be held liable as well for their blatant negligence to protect the children. 👎🏻