Posted on 06/13/2007 7:19:41 PM PDT by BykrBayb
SAN DIEGO - Wayne Albert Bleyle confessed to molesting "countless" young, brain-damaged children under his care at the hospital where he worked for 25 years, prosecutors say.
On Tuesday, 15 months after his confession, the former respiratory therapist pleaded guilty to abusing four patients - a boy and three girls, including a 2-year-old toddler.
The plea leaves unanswered how many disabled children he preyed upon. Bleyle, 55, treated 176 patients during the 10 years of his career at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego.
Bleyle told investigators he could only remember the names of four children, prosecutors said, hampering efforts to identify more victims.
"We will never know how many victims there were in this case," said Deputy District Attorney Laura Gunn.
Bleyle was arrested after investigators found tens of thousands of pornographic images on his computer, including photographs he took of himself abusing his victims.
Some of them were comatose, and two of the four identified children have since died, according to Gunn.
Under a plea agreement, Bleyle admitted to eight counts of forcible lewd acts upon a child and four counts of exhibiting a minor in pornography - a dramatic reduction from the total 33 pornography counts originally charged.
Bleyle agreed to a sentence of 45 years and eight months, and was ordered by Superior Court Judge Kenneth K. So to serve at least 85 percent of the time in prison, even with credit for good behavior. He could have been sentenced up to 165 years if he had been convicted on all counts in a jury trial.
Prosecutors said they made a deal in part because they were anxious to spare one of Bleyle's victims. "He'll be 95 before he even sees a parole officer," Gunn said.
When So asked Bleyle, who has been jailed since his arrest how he pleaded, Bleyle replied, "Guilty, your honor."
Again, tell that to anyone with a 91W MOS, I dare you.
I don't know where you got that from.
Don’t you EVER DARE tell an Army medic who is nurse-qualified he can’t treat kids.
I'll dare if I want. I have good sense and I know children must be protected. Stay in the room with your kid and make sure some male nurse is not molesting the child.
I have been examined many times, with my clothes off, by my doctor, without a chaperone. It’s been many years ago, but that was standard practice. It took me a long time to get used to having a third person in the room. I’m used to that now, but I still don’t like it. I understand it has to be that way, to protect the doctor from lawsuits by whack jobs who think all men should be accused of sexual impropriety. So I tolerate it. But it’s creepy.
I repeat, you were lucky.
I repeat, luck had nothing to do with it. I’m just not a paranoid bimbo who thinks all men are perverts. I chose my doctors carefully, knowing some are better than others.
May I share your tagline?
Absolutely!
So, send your kids in a room to be undressed by a strange man, all alone. I know better. You can call me all the names you want but it won't make you right.
So that’s the monster? Ick!
You obviously haven’t been paying attention. I don’t undress myself or my child for strangers. That doesn’t mean that 100% of the male doctors and nurses are sexual predators. It pays to be able to recognize the truth.
Then send your kid to them. Take the risk if you’re so sure. You only need to be wrong once.
I know better.
Thank you.
Goodnight everyone. Sweet dreams.
You only think you know how to recognize a sexual predator. “All men guilty, all women innocent” is not a wise way to choose a doctor.
Good night.
What is wrong with you? You're the one who said you could recognize them.
I'm the one who knows you cannot recognize them and that is why children must be protected.
Never leave a child alone with a male nurse. Simple.
Why single out male nurses? The teachers accused of molesting students lately have been females. Don't you believe female nurses could be inappropriate with children too?
You’re right. If I had children now days I wouldn’t ever leave them alone with someone who had the authority to undress them.
The kind who used to be a bomb tech and wants to make that kind of money stateside to be with his bride to be (without spending countless dollars and more years in school to get an MD).
There are others here too. Know your audience, bonehead.
Singularly, the dumbest thing I've read all day. Congrats.
Dude, She’s an idiot...
So make the child as paranoid as you are...that will go over well!
Sometimes you have no choice.
I’ll keep my opinion, thanks.
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