MD Anderson Cancer Center pediatric oncologist charged in child p*rnography case

Definitely...no doubt about this. He needs to be removed from the presence of children.

 

I think we need to be careful about a few things. First children by law cannot consent. That has nothing to do with how mature or immature someone is at a given age it is a legal necessity. It doesn't matter how mature a 12 year old is, or thinks they are, they cannot consent to sex with an adult.

Let's face it we love sex and violence. Our movies, tv shows and movies are loaded with it. What most of us though can and do differentiate between what is reality and what is fiction. We can enjoy watching cars and people getting ripped up in Mad Max but if we actually saw that on 610 we would be horrified. For Game of Thrones fans we can fantasize about Daenyrs even though she is 13 when she is married to Khal Drogo. Those are fiction and most of us would not choose to act or even watch actual murders or sex with children.

In this case from the police affidavit the doctor knew that these were actually children, not young looking actors, and sought out that type of p*rn. For him fiction wasn't enough but he wanted to see the real thing. So while not directly abusing these kids he was still enabling that abuse and also because of his position makes him dangerous that he could become an abuser himself.

 

I dont disagree in the slightest.

What I disagree with is the people saying that this doctor is no different than the people that are actually, physically, sexually abusing children.

So yes, he may be enabling, but I still view that differently than being the abuser himself.

Is he prone to abusing himself, of course...but until that shred of evidence shows up, then he shouldnt be held to those standards of punishment.

 

He would eventually graduate to more sinister stuff if he didn't already. He's as good as dead in my book. He prays on innocent weak children, a true monster and predator.

 

weak vulnerable parents also.

 

It also makes it easier to track and catch these sickos too I would think?

 

There are no secrets on the Internet. Everything you search or post is logged.

 

Interesting word choice . . . . .. .

Rocket River

 

So either he was a sick **** who molested kids himself, or he provided enough footage out there for any potential sick ****'s to get their jollies. No matter what, he's a monster.

 

I agree there is no evidence that I've seen that says that he actually did molest kids. Under the law he certainly isn't worse than those who created the child p*rnography in the first place. Since he is enabling the production of child p*rnography and also in his position I agree that this guy is dangerous and at the minimum will need to be monitored for the rest of his life.

 

If he has molested kids, and we don't know for a fact that he has, I wouldn't blame the parents. This man is a respected pediatric oncologist. His position demands and requires a lot of trust.

This is what makes him very dangerous. This is a position where he literally is required to have very intimate access with children.

 

how was I blaming the parents, I'm saying he was in a situation where all protections are down.

 

You said "weak vulnerable parents". Does trusting your pediatrician make someone weak?

 

no, your kid having cancer does. duh

 

[rQUOTEr]ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WXYZ) - Dr. Dennis Hughes had nothing to say as he left a Houston area courtroom last night. His lawyer admitting--the renowned pediatric cancer doctor needs help.

Dr. Hughes has spent the last few years at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas. But the 7 Investigators learned exclusively he arrived with a checkered past. One that has now caught up with him.

We've found Dr. Hughes used to live in Dexter, outside of Ann Arbor. He was a fellow at the University of Michigan, working in pediatric care at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

We also uncovered court documents that show in 2002 the doctor was arrested on charges of indecent exposure. The victim? A 13-year-old girl.

Now 27-years-old, she's telling her story to 7 Action News.

"He was looking at me," she says of the encounter. We aren't using her name to protect her privacy.

"It was done in a way that I would be the only one that would see it," she says.

She walked us through what she says happened - twice.

"The first time was at a parking lot," she says. "I was with friends waiting after a basketball tournament. I had noticed he had been watching us. When he exposed himself to me, I screamed and ran and talked to my mom. We called the police."

She continued, "The second time, I happened to be walking home from school with a friend."

She says he pulled up next to her, sat up in his seat, with his private parts in his hand.

"He was right next to me. He exposed himself to me again. I just ran."

Police were called, and this time, they got him.

"I picked him out of a photo line up and I picked his car out as well," she says.

Two trials would take place, one for each incident. In the end, both juries found the doctor not guilty. Why? She's not entirely sure.

"There wasn't a smoking a gun {in the case}," she says.

Adding insult to injury, her mother also worked at the same hospital as the doctor, and they had to endure the awkward aftermath.

"I used to volunteer at the hospital around this time as well," she says. "I remember going to the elevator and closing the door immediately and not wanting to go places by myself."

"Even now I am always more aware of what's going on around me," she says. "I know there are worse things that can happen to people, but this isn't victim-less either."

Ironically, she now works in the mental health field, and understands this behavior. But worries there might be others like her out there.

"I tend to think it's an illness," she says. "He obviously works with vulnerable people, and I think it's important if there are other people who had anything done to them, they would feel safe coming forward."

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