Noted AIDS doctor cited for sex abuse

I might have to change my name.

Actually, my understanding of it is that whatever the popular and literary definition, the legal definition encompasses nearly any sexual "interaction" outside of vaginal intercourse, from anal to oral to...erm...assisted masturbation. Especially in local statutes, this is a very nebulous definition often applied only in irregular circumstances such as this bizarre setup.

Apparently, this unhappy gentleman would like to add "helping out" to the list of sodomy offenses...so be it.

I do the colonoscopy thing next month. Thank God the doc's a woman...

And he said in the link:
"told the Los Angeles Times that he did "things I regret" while battling colon cancer. The cancer is now in remission", he said.

Yes, but is your pervision in remission? His ethics are in permanent remission.

It makes me sad what people blame things on, and what people let people get away with!

Original Yahoo title was "Noted AIDS doctor cited for sex abuse" so your confusion is due to the poster who changed it.

Which is why Jim has asked everyone not to change titles of articles.

I'd like to know how old this "man" who was sodomized is.

I think that is an excellent question. If this person were an adult, there would be no complaint.

You mean he Hitt on his patients ?

Just one more piece of Bubba's tattered Legacy

The noted AIDS doctor of Seattle - the one who advised policymakers on how to prevent AIDS - died of AIDS. So much for experts and education.

Late arrivals to this thread-The original title of the post was, Clinton Appointee Sodomizes Patient-thus our predictions on future headlines, deleting the word Appointee. Capitan- to use another animal metaphor- a leopard doesn't change his spots !!

Martin Delaney, founder of San Francisco's Project Inform, said he was saddened by the news of Hitt's situation. "Whatever misdeeds he committed have to be weighed against the good that he has done and continues to do," Delaney told the Times.

Uh huh...I was expecting that one. Funny how that doesn't seem to fly when people are accused of anti-gay bias (such as Dr. Laura) It was used in the case of another supposed do-gooder with the AIDS virus (bold and color type mine):

[HIV-Positive] AIDS Activist Gets [Only] 2 Years In Teen Sex Case

News/Current Events Front Page News Keywords: PEDOPHILIA, AIDS, WOOLSEY, BOY SCOUTS
Source: Marin Independent-Journal, San Francisco Chronicle
Published: October 22, 2000 Author: Guy Ashley; additional commentary by L.N. Smithee
Posted on 10/27/2000 01:59:56 PDT by L.N. Smithee

A San Rafael man who is infected with the virus that causes AIDS was sentenced to two years in the Marin County Jail yesterday for having unprotected sex with a 15-year-old boy, potentially exposing the youth to the HIV virus.
John Zukaitis, a longtime AIDS activist in Marin, sobbed as deputies placed him in handcuffs and led him to the jail, despite pleas from his attorney to allow him to surrender at a later date.
Marin Superior Court Judge James Ritchie ordered Zukaitis to begin serving time immediately, though he spared him a state-prison sentence as a way to acknowledge the positive work Zukaitis has done in helping others sickened by the virus.
Ritchie said letters from the defendants' supporters convinced him Zukaitis "has accomplished quite a bit of good in his life in addition to this conduct, which was quite bad.''
Zukaitis pleaded guilty in August to sodomy, oral copulation and two counts of lewd acts with a minor after Ritchie agreed not to send him to prison. The judge said he was interested in concluding the case and sparing the boy the ordeal of having to testify.
The prosecutor in the case, Kathryn Mitchell of the Marin district attorney's office, said she favored a prison sentence, though she told Ritchie that the young victim and his father felt confinement in the jail was appropriate punishment.
The defendant's attorney, Glenda Brewer of the Marin public defender's office, said Zukaitis had otherwise lived an "exemplary life,'' and that his offense was "the one thing that he has done in his life that could be considered a crime.'' The youth did not attend yesterday's sentencing hearing.
Zukaitis, 37, was arrested in April by San Rafael police. The teen, a Santa Rosa resident, told police he and Zukaitis became acquainted last summer via an Internet chat room and later met at Zukaitis' apartment in San Rafael's Gerstle Park area.
The youth testified in court earlier this year that Zukaitis showed him a pornographic movie and sodomized him over his protests.
The boy also told investigators that Zukaitis did not wear a condom.
Ritchie said yesterday that the youth has been tested and there is no indication he contracted the AIDS virus. Brewer asked Ritchie to spare Zukaitis a trip to prison and requested that he leave it up to county probation officials to decide whether Zukaitis was eligible for a parole program that would allow him to serve his time under house arrest, while wearing an electronic monitoring device.
But after hearing Mitchell's objections to house arrest, Ritchie ruled Zukaitis ineligible for the county parole program.
With time off for good behavior, Zukaitis' stay in the jail could be reduced by nearly half, Mitchell said.
In addition to serving jail time, Zukaitis will have to register as a sex offender in the communities where he resides for the rest of his life.
Ritchie said Zukaitis will be placed on probation for at least five years, and warned that violations of his probation terms could leave him exposed to the maximum possible sentence for his crimes - nine years and eight months in state prison.

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