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."
My wife the nurse laughed her butt off at that one. Nurses don't give bed baths. Nurses aides give bed baths. Nurses are medical professionals, not hospital wait staff.
Who’s slamming the nursing profession? You are just a touch defensive I would say.
I responded to the other poster about not slamming all males who enter the Nursing profession....and you go off on a tangent.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/angels/female_nurses/index.html
MYTH: Children are usually molested by strangers.
FACT: 85% if children are molested by someone they know. The people most likely to molest children are those who have the most opportunity and access to them.
Approximately 1 out of 3 girls and 1 out of 5 boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18. Persons with developmental disabilities are sexually assaulted more frequently by a factor estimated between 4 and 10.
29% of offenders are relatives; 60% are acquaintances; and only 11% are strangers. It has been calculated that the chances of getting caught for child molestation are approximately 3%. Fewer than 1% of offenders are arrested, convicted and imprisoned.
http://www.hccac.org/abuse/myths.html
Yeah, male nurses aides makes it okay. That’s so funny.
This does not prove your fantasy that children are safer with strangers that are likely to be pedophiles than with people who have been investigated and shown themselves over a period of time to be trustworthy. I hope there are no children or even adults depending on you to look out for their safety.
Did you read the article?
No. You’re the only one who read the article. Everyone else is illiterate. We only signed up at FR to be close to you, because you’re such a genius. Until our children read us your words of wisdom, we used to select doctors carefully, and actually seek medical attention when we needed it. Now, thanks to you, we know better. We will do our best to avoid medical care, even when we think we need it. If, due to circumstances beyond our control, we must be in the presence of a medical professional, we will make sure it’s someone we know nothing about, because strangers are less likely to harm us. We’ll make double sure the stranger is a woman, because all male medical professionals are sexual predators.
Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge and intellect with us mere mortals.
Send him to a stallion station.
Your way - those kids in the article get molested.
My way - those kids are safe.
You sure are offended by my way.
Your way, the children get molested, you pretend it never happened, and you arrange for it to happen again and again and again. My way, the parents pay attention to what’s going on, do their research, get the children the medical attention they need, and protect them from harm.
The only people who object to the children being protected are the ones who wish them harm. I don’t know why you would want that. Do you really hate men so much that you would want children to be molested in the hopes that all men would be blamed? That’s sick.
And yes, I am offended by your way. I don’t like the idea of promoting child molestation to justify your hatred of men, or for any other excuse.
You’re making up stuff in your mind.
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