Parents of accused Lewes doctor's patients demand answers at meeting  (**NOTE** My Bold)

LEWES -- Tears flowed and voices were raised in anger and frustration Tuesday evening as worried parents and grandparents demanded answers about whether their children and grandchildren were the victims of a pediatrician who may have sexually abused more than 100 children over the last decade.

But concerned parents asked officials why Bradley was allowed to continue practicing during an investigation that began a year ago, and despite at least one complaint that was filed more than four years ago.

A woman who said she watched Bradley inappropriately touch her daughter in 1999 during a doctor's visit said she filed a report with state police at least four years ago after hearing of similar complaints from other parents.

"This could have been stopped years ago," said the woman, who asked that her name not be published to avoid identifying her daughter. The Associated Press does not identify possible victims of sexual abuse.

Other parents wondered why Bradley was allowed to keep practicing after police began investigating more recent complaints over the past year. They also complained that police were slow in responding to them.

"We want to know if our kids are on those videotapes," one mother declared, referring to videos described in court papers as recordings Dr. Earl Bradley made as he engaged in sex acts with victims as young as 3 months old in a basement and outbuilding at his BayBees Pediatrics office on Route 1.
 
State officials and victims' advocates tried to assuage their concerns and answer their questions, though were hampered by their inability to speak about the specifics of the ongoing investigation into Bradley's activities.
 
Bradley, 56, has been charged with raping nine girls, all patients, since April and is being held at the state's prison near Smyrna in lieu of $2.9 million cash bail.

Prosecutors have said there may be as many as 100 victims over the last decade, and are sorting through what they have described as a mountain of evidence to identify them.
 
The report of the crimes has devastated the historic community of Lewes, a sedate and picturesque resort town with a population of just over 3,000. Many in town have spoked of betrayal by the doctor who treated hundreds of children since 1995.
 
"I trusted that man," one woman said at the community meeting hosted by Beebe Medical Center. "We became friends with him."
 
Some people were in tears at the first of three planned community meetings organized by Beebe and a host of other organizations and agencies to provide support to victims and others affected by what they described as a tremendous betrayal of trust. About 50 people attended the forum, held at Beebe's Medical Arts Building off Route 24.
 
Other parents complained about a Delaware State Police voice mailbox filled to capacity, or a weeklong wait for anxious parents of a Bradley patient to hear back from detectives. Tissues were passed out to people in the crowd who were openly crying.

FGS... This is the most disgusting thing I have seen in a long time!  WTH? 

OMG!  deleware_dad were you at this meeting?  And now I see that there are THREE MEETINGS not just two...  and that this FORUM WAS HELD AT THE BUILDING OF THIS MONSTER???  That sounds just weird to me!  I don't know how I could even go inside that place until I knew if my child was a victim of this monster!  WHAT DID THEY EXPECT?  Why was it held here?  I wish they would report more news about how the town in doing, I am from a town that is the exact same size as this small community, and I KNOW what would be going on here! 

Please let us know if you are a visitor from that regional area, or if you happen to have any news about this case...  I don't want rumors and innuendoes, I want to know from the townspeople and the parents, because of the natrure of this case...  There is no way this story can be told in the media at this point... and this is the EXACT POINT where the people there need to know we in this country are hurting with them, and that we are all sick about what has happened to their town and their children...  Even if they find out that their own children were not attacked, they all will more than likely know the famlilies of the kids that have been and will continue to be broken by this case.

I feel for your town so much.  Please stop by and let us all know how you are doing there...  deleware_dad WHERE ARE YOU? 

I am here with the light on!

Holler at me when you can...

nightwatch

Because of the nature of this case, I have been scouring the net looking for anything I could about how the town was doing... I don't think Jersey Girl would mind if I reported the same information here that she is posting at WebSleuth's site...  and they are always dead on with their people there, it is one of the sites I trust the most!

Ok, I think Lewes Pediatrics is the same as Lewes Pediatrics and Adolescent Center. It used to be housed through Beebe Medical Center or Bayside Health but has expanded and is also now located in Milton DE. There are multiple doctors at that facility. I'm not sure if Bradley was still on the list or not. BayBees was his primary private practice. I believe he left Beebe to start his private practice, as so many doctors do. He would still, probably, have been associated with them...hence he used their facility & obviously was on call sometimes. His house is located in close proximity to the Beebe Med Ctr. I'm still looking into the "nurse license" info, but don't think any of it can be posted when I find it all b/c that person isn't named as an accomplice or perp...yet. I'm attempting to map the areas out right now. It seems like the state police found videos and data confirming the abuse took place in several rooms at BayBees, as well as his home...unless that's a misprint of what I read. If it's actual fact, was his home licensed to view patients in? I thought a licensed physician could only see patients in a licensed facility...or am I wrong? I'd never take my children to their doctors residence, however I'm friends with some doctors that I may call upon for favors sometimes when I may think my children need further examination or I may need a second opinion...these are close friends I'm referring to, not acquaintances. It appears that Beebe is ontop of things with scheduling open public meetings for the victims & their families, mostly comprising of parents of victims. They had a meeting last night with several advocate groups there to speak & answer questions, as well as 2 more meetings scheduled for next Tuesday & the Tuesday after. They're offering free psychiatric counselling as well as medical examinations. Please pray for these victims and for swift justice to be served. Lord knows they're going to need all the prayers they can get knowing some of their pics could be on the internet. My GOD in heaven! Why? Why do these things happen?

IDK, IDK, IDK... All I know is that this has no way to go good...

Here's a map of the locations as follows:
A = Beebe Medical Center = 424 Savannah Road Lewes, DE 19958
B = Perp's residence = 344 Savannah Road Lewes, DE 19958
C = BayBees Pediatrics = Route 1 & Kings Highway Lewes, DE 19958

*** Please note that the perps address is said to be one of places of victimization, where some filming or pics took place (and also where a computer was seized) which is why I'm including it on the map. Otherwise, I know not to use full addresses of residences. I think this one is allowed.

I've had children in the hospital where I haven't gotten every name of every physician who came in to check on my child on rounds. I had one child in a hospital in Portland (300 miles from home) for 7 months and I certainly wasn't there every second.

It worries me that some parents might not even know that Dr. Bradley saw their child. If you are a single parent or a parent from far away staying with a child in the hospital, you have to eat, take a shower, etc. Thank God for caring nurses and Ronald McDonald Houses. I have to agree, though, that it sounds as if the Beebe Medical Center is on top of things and the wagons are being circled around these victims and their families.

Thank goodness for all the help from the different Children's Advocacy Centers. I even read that if you've been impacted in any way (not a victim, but a community member), that there's help available. That seems very wise IMO. My guess is that this event is going to trigger a lot of PTSD for survivors.

THANKS AGAIN, JERSEY GIRL... Godspeed with prayers for these children, families, and the entire community of Lewes... my heart goes out to each and every one of you...

As I have been looking all over the place for news that is not necessarily in the media's attention right now, and found some more comments on True Crime Report.  I am going to quote a few of them without naming any nics or anything, so I can show you all some of what is going on out there in the Blogosphere about this case...  This one is about the videos... how he kept up with technology...!

SEVERAL videos.  They have only identified a portion of the number of victims. I think I read they still don't know for sure how at least 15 are. It should be so easy to verify with staff and medical recordings, date encoding on the videos, though. I really think some of the staff must have been complicit. You are going to tell me none of them knew about a room filled with video equipment? None of them ever said...um, doctor, couldn't we just keep the toys in the candy in the office and not in your creepy basement? The basement part of this is one of the more chilling aspects, that he was taking them to another location to commit these crimes. How could that be overlooked for even a month, let alone years. When the news reports they are going through VHS and REELS OF FILM, this guy has been doing this throughout his 25+ year career, constantly catching his systematic abuse up-to-date with technology.  (CHILLING...Shudder...)

Or this heartwrenching post from a parent of an affected child... WARNING.. This is hard to read...

I found out over my Christmas dinner, that Dr. Bradley was arrested. I promptly threw up my dinner. He was my 2 1/2 year old son's pediatrician, for a year, while I was living in his area. I wish I had trusted my instincts; the guy always gave me the creeps. He came highly recommended and has won countless patients' choice awards and even my 8 yr old niece sang his praises. He had a really cool office, very kid friendly, complete with a movie theatre in the waiting room and ride on toys like one might see outside K-Mart, a ferris wheel out front and a bell tower my son liked to ring when we left. Framed pictures drawn by his own children adorn the walls. The staff were super friendly. He would often give toys to his patients at the end of an appointment, nice toys from the Disney store, not something he got in bulk at the Dollar Store, and he seemed to genuinely love all the kids. --too much, it seems. I want to be sick. My son never feared going to the Dr. before, but one time, against that little voice inside me, he asked if he could take my child outside to get a popsicle. He has all sorts of rides and things in the lot where his office is located and something told me not to let him go, but everyone always talked about how great this Dr is, including a family member who is also a medical professional. I let my son, then about 18 months, who is a very happy, sociable, boy who likes everyone, go with the monster. I waited, questioning myself in the waiting room, for what I think was 5 or 10 minutes, when I heard a knock at the window and saw Dr Bradley holding my son outside trying to get him to wave at me, as my son screamed, tears streaming, for his Mommy. Then they came inside and I figured it was just a separation anxiety and my son didn't know where I was. I question that now. After that appointment, I never let him alone with him for a second and my normally easy going, friendly child acted terrified when he saw the Dr. Again, I thought that maybe it was because we got multiple vaccinations the last visit or he remembered being afraid and separated from me. I don't think he was sexually molested. I do think he was harrassed in some way, however. I understand this man seemed to enjoy yelling, or otherwise terrorizing the little ones and then loving on them as a method of manipulating them for further abuse later. I am sickened. I feel actual visceral pain over this and I can't let it go. I believe my child was somehow terrorized, and I allowed it to happen. I am not a neglectful parent,quite the contrary. I had my son at the age of 37, after a series of miscarriages, and am often accused of being over-protective of him. He is my life, my love, my miracle, my whole world, and I willingly let him go in the arms of this monster and I am so angry with myself for having done so. Fortunately, I don't think my son remembers any of this, and his reaction after that incident saved him from future distress. He has no fear of Dr.'s now, and often quite chatty with his Dr's since then. He even toughed up all 4 of his flu-shots without a single tear or protest. I, on the other hand, am forever changed. Some posters here are questioning how a parent could leave their child alone with him. I am now asking myself the same question. Why did I not listen to my instincts? Don't judge the parent, judge the sick freak that did this. He came so highly recommended. I beg God to allow me to forgive myself and to stop the hate I feel toward this monster now. God forgive me. 
 
I can hardly read that...  much like a reply poster...

I really hope the first call you make in the morning is to the police. They are looking for your help, please go to them. Don't be too hard on yourself, you had no way of suspecting anything, and once your radar was up, you tried to do what was best. I think the only consolation is to know that abusers like that can't possibly take advantage of every child in their care - they are looking for all the signs of the perfect opportunity. That's how he went so long without getting caught. Still, as horrifying as it might be, you should consult LE to make sure he isn't one of the victims on video. Just make your statement, provide them with his photo and let them add it to the case.

ONE LAST POST FROM THE PARENT... Heart breaking...  I am mad, and then I cry, I get angry, I am livid again... I so with I could truly sympathize with these parents.  Anyone who has kids can relate to the pain they must be going through.  I think we should all read this mom's comments and hold our children a little tighter, ask more questions, and TRUST OUR INSTINCTS!  She says she wants this to be put out there, that is why I am posting it here...

It's important for those not familiar with this pediatric practice to know how it was there, and how it was possible that a parent could allow their child to be taken by him. The place looks like a wonderland for kids. I know, you're thinking that's what all pedophiles do, but it really seemed a very happy place. My niece RAVED about how great Dr. Bradley is. The way the place worked, is after waiting in the movie theatre, ride-on toy waiting room, you then waited in an exam room, each decorated with different themes ie: Little Mermaid, Pinochio, etc. You child could even be seated on a big Flounder the fish to be examined if the reason for the exam allowed, like my son's recurrent ear infections. He made an effort to befriend the children (of course he did) and as a Tri-Care Military healthcare recipient accustomed to being shuffled in and out of "Whatever-Dr.-is-not-on-a-cigarette-break-will-see-you-now-clinics", this seemed so nice. He would often pick up the small children, after an exam, and carry them out in to the hall, with parents right there and watching and show them pictures on the wall or a bird outside -- seemingly normal stuff, and in plain view of the parents. I believed he was doing it to put the kids at ease when they come. He seemed so loving. That was his motive, but not for the reason he also led me to believe. He was winning my trust, too. So, yes, against my better judgement, I let him carry my son out to the garage where he kept popsicles. I'd grown so accustomed to him carrying him around every time we visited and I couldn't imagine he would do any harm, not with me right there in that back exam room, with a window toward the back yard & garage. Again, I don't think he did anything sexual to my son. I know every freckle, and dimple of his perfect little body, and I'm quite certain I would have noticed if he had in any way penetrated my son. My son was an early talker who talks all the time, so he would have told me SOMETHING if that sort of thing occured. There is no doubt in my mind, however, that the man inflicted some sort of emotional trauma on him and then tried to comfort him. I understand that's how he and many of the sickos establish the relationship, by exposing them to trauma and being the hero who rescues them. I don't know what he did, but I know that it pissed off my boy. Thankfully, my son's a grudge holder. He never forgave and would scream and cry whenever we went back after that. I figured it was just because of the shots. I guess now, it was another reason. Dr. Bradley never carried him around the office again. I'm going to the cops today.

GOOD LORD, Help these people!

My God, please deleware_dad, come back and tell us what you know... when you joined you said you wanted to be a voice from Delaware, and that you have a direct reason (which I am not disclosing) for wanting to speak here... I hope that when you see this, you will post your comments.  Please let us show you our support and sympathy for what all of you are going through there! 

I hope you will soon...

This was released by the Police for parents of patients of Dr. Evil Bradley:

State of Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security

DIVISION OF STATE POLICE

Superintendent Robert M. Coupe

Well another sick,twisted rat slides out the sewer...again,
I feel so sorry for the kids and their familys,but wake UP people their are sick, twisted SOB's out there that WILL harm our kids.
That scummy excuse for a human needs buried in a fire ant hole,and buzzards allowed to pluck his eyes out,and I could go on and on...
Damn I despise his sorry ass.

Isn't it sickening ig?  I hope I can catch you all later and I can stay longer... I am cleaning my kitchen...  See you soon, though!

Mystery in Bradley case: Why was he left alone with kids?

Pediatric guidelines call for presence of parent or chaperon at all times

By J.L. MILLER • The News Journal • January 2, 2010

The American Academy of Pediatrics has specific guidelines on the use of chaperones during physical examinations of pediatric patients, and most pediatricians and health care facilities insist that a parent or chaperon stay with a young patient from the start of the visit to its end.

And for most parents, leaving a young child alone -- even with a physician -- just doesn't seem natural.

When Dr. Louis E. Bartoshesky sees one of his pediatric patients, there's always someone else in the room.

"Suppose I'm with a baby and the mother says she has to take a call on her cell phone or go to the bathroom or something," said Bartoshesky, chairman of pediatrics at Christiana Care Health System.

In that event, Bartoshesky said, he would ask a nurse or other staffer to come in and act as a chaperon until the mother returned.

"That wouldn't be something we would plan on ... but we would find a third party to help out," he said.

Dr. Kevin Sheahan, chief of Nemours Pediatric, follows the pediatric academy guidelines, too, as do his colleagues at the institution.

"That is sort of a basic guideline," said Sheahan, who practices in Dover. "Pretty much the rule of common sense is what prevails."

According to police, Bradley, 56, allegedly took videos of himself assaulting girls ranging from 3 months to 13 years. The alleged assaults occurred in a basement and outbuilding at his Disney-themed BayBees Pediatrics office on Del. 1. Authorities have said he is suspected of molesting as many as 100 patients since 1998.

Bradley, who opened his practice in 1995, did have at least one nurse recently working with him, and some of his four grown children at times worked in the office, patients said. Police have not disclosed whether a nurse or other staff member joined him during examinations.
 
I THINK UNTIL THIS QUESTION IS ANSWERED IT IS HARD FOR ANYONE TO MOVE FORWARD TO EVEN CONSIDER OTHER SCENARIOS!  Would love to hear from our members in DEL, or anyone else who wants to Rage at the Night about this Monster!  If you have a comment, post it here on the discussion thread for all of us to read and possibly comment back to you!
 

Delaware schools: Cape district offers aid after doctor's arrest

Officials prepare for students, parents who may need to talk

LEWES -- As parents drop their children off at school and wave them farewell at the bus stop Monday morning, local teachers and staff also will be getting prepared to help any of the several thousand students who may need to talk in the aftermath of the child sex assault scandal that has emerged over the last few weeks.

Like many others across the state, the district returns from winter break Monday. But children and parents in Cape Henlopen are under a cloud that has shocked and horrified many, putting parents on the verge of tears as child sex charges have mounted against Lewes pediatrician Earl Bradley.

Odds are that many of Bradley's victims -- which may number as many as 100 -- are Cape students, simply judging from the location of his BayBees Pediatrics practice on Del. 1, said school board President Camilla Conlon.

"It's a very scary time, if everything they say is true," Conlon said. "We are well aware that they are going to be our students."

Bradley has been charged with raping nine children, all young female patients, at his practice since April. Prosecutors have said he might have abused as many as 100 since 1998.

Cape Henlopen has about 4,500 students throughout the district, including the Lewes, Rehoboth Beach and Milton areas.

Conlon said the community is in shock, but the impact on students is hard to assess, because many of the details about the case came out during snow days and while students were on break.

"We are well geared-up" with counselors, psychologists, wellness centers, school nurses and social workers all standing by at the alert, Conlon said.

Parents also will have the opportunity to speak with school staff, she said.

"Folks have been dealing with this in their homes and families for two weeks," she said.

Investigators still are setting up interviews with Bradley's former patients and viewing recordings of the attacks to determine just how many victims are out there.

In the wake of parents' complaints about delays in getting back to them, state police this week increased the capacity of a voice mailbox and launched a Web site with information about the case for worried parents.

Conlon said the uncertainty of the investigation's outcome adds to the complicated situation.

"If we knew exactly who it was and what it was, it would be one thing," she said. "This is going to be a little bit different of a dynamic."

This case sickens me to no end.  We have noticed we have had a couple members join who have ties to this case, but understandedly are not ready to share their own hurtful stories yet.  I have also noticed a lot of East Coast visitors and want everyone to know that we have a thread all ready here for others who want to follow this case here.  This one is being followed on other boards, true, but ndy has posted this story from the very first night it was a tiny news brief at 4AM or some ungodly hour!  Please feel free to jump in here.  This thread is open for all discussion on this case, but if you want to know more or read complete stories and other information, remember that you can go out to the Main Board and click on the CASE NEWS om the far left of each Category and see all of the ones that have been posted,  we just put them here until a thread got going...

Let us know what you are all thinking about the monster in this case.  This is one we definitely one we should all talk about, we have some really good people posting here!  This is some of the hardest material I have ever read through, and I am sure it will set precedents - there sure isn't anything that we, or any Medical Boards - will ever let us, the public know.  We all have to trust these Doctors.  And all these kids ARE our kids, too.  These parents are in Hell, and already feel so guilty it must be Hell, but Sweet Heysoos this guy needs to be STUDIED!  FGS!  Holla back, ya'll! LOL!

Police: No Charges Filed in 2005 Probe of Lewes Doctor: * Could he look more like the "devil" you think?

Posted: Jan 6, 2010 07:51 AM

Updated: Jan 6, 2010 03:32 PM

Dr. Earl B. Bradley

Fifty-six-year-old Dr. Earl B. Bradley was charged last month with raping nine girls, and prosecutors have said there may be as many as 100 victims. According to investigators, the victims ranged in age from between 3-months and 13-years-old.

Milford police said the mother of a 3-year-old girl contacted police in March 2005 after the girl said she did not want to go to the doctor's office "because he kissed her too much." According toolice, Bradley, who had an office in Milford at the time, denied any wrongdoing

Police said detectives conducted interviews with office staff, previous office staff and searched personnel files at Beebe Medical Center. According to police, detectives contacted the Delaware Attorney General's Office in hopes of making an arrest in the case. Police said that the General's Office made a decision not to prosecute the case.

Police also noted that contacts were also made with the victim's parents to file complaints against Bradley with the Board of Professional Regulations. Police said they do not know if the complaint was made or not.

Current Attorney General Beau Biden, who took office in 2007, said there was a thorough review of the case, but confirmed that prosecutors decided there was not enough evidence.

The Associated Press could not reach Bradley's attorney for comment.

Abuse allegations piled up for years

Police and prosecutors have said more charges could be filed against Bradley, perhaps when an indictment is sought.

The News Journal obtained Elliott's affidavit after battling with the office of Superior Court Judge E. Scott Bradley, who signed the warrant. Judge Bradley is not related to Dr. Bradley.

Early Wednesday, after a reporter requested the documents that by law are public, Bradley's office would not release them. A reporter told an aide to President Judge James T. Vaughn Jr. about the denial. The aide intervened and later Bradley's office released the 18 pages.

In the probable-cause affidavit used to persuade the judge to permit a search of Bradley's Disney-themed office at 18259 Coastal Highway, Detective Elliott spent several pages detailing the accounts by the eight alleged victims and/or their parents, and of Bradley's former co-workers.

The accounts released Wednesday are not as graphic as the alleged acts of intercourse and oral sex Bradley filmed on tapes seized by police early on Dec. 16 after the search warrant request was approved.

The new documents, however, describe several bizarre vaginal examinations of young girls, some who saw the doctor only for non-gynecological ailments. The clinical exams were followed by the bestowing of gifts, kisses and hugs.

SHEESH

The detective wrote that several pediatricians consulted by police "have confirmed that is not the general practice to look at the genital area of young girls, however, it can be appropriate.

"But if a vaginal exam is done it is brief, entailing just pulling down the child's underpants to do a quick visual inspection ... and make sure everything is OK. A physical examination involving touching or penetration is not medically necessary."

For example, in the rape that allegedly occurred in 1999, the Lewes mother told police she took her 7-year-old daughter to Bradley for a physical

During the exam, Bradley pulled down her pants and penetrated her with his finger with an ungloved hand, Elliott wrote.

The child screamed and the mother questioned Bradley, who responded that he "was checking her hymen."
The mother, who stopped taking her daughter to Bradley after that exam, told police that never happened before or afterward with any other pediatrician.

Girl said she felt 'dirty'

According to Elliott, the mother was present but felt sick to her stomach when she left the office and on the way home, the girl told her mother she felt "dirty" and cried.

The girl said Bradley had penetrated her with his fingers and that afterward, he sat beside her and rubbed her leg with his hand.

Later, Elliott wrote, Bradley gave the girl a toy appropriate for a 3-year-old and told her he was going to put on a show for children and give out free ice cream.

The girl's mother contacted Bradley the next day to find out why he conducted a vaginal exam.

Sex abuse allegations piled up against pediatrician for years, investigators say

Mother of alleged Bradley victim calls system a 'disgrace'

By CRIS BARRISH • GANNETT / The News Journal • January 7, 2010

More than a year before pediatrician Earl Bradley was charged in December with raping nine young girls, police investigators had received complaints from eight alleged victims, including one who claimed her abuse occurred as far back as 1999, according to court records obtained Wednesday by The News Journal.

The documents also contain police accounts of six unidentified witnesses who worked with him, including three doctors and a nurse. They described an eccentric pediatrician who conducted long or inappropriate vaginal exams on young girls, often took them alone to get "prizes" and installed video cameras in his offices.

No arrest was made, Milford police said, because then-Attorney General M. Jane Brady's office decided they could not win the case.

The police affidavit released Wednesday made clear that, although Bradley was not arrested until last month, police had spoken at length to several alleged victims and their parents over the last several years.

Police and prosecutors have said that before Bradley was arrested, they vigorously pursued complaints against him. Attorney General Beau Biden would not agree to be interviewed Wednesday, but in a written statement said that in hopes of arresting Bradley more than a year ago, investigators sought a search warrant for Bradley's office in December 2008.
Biden wrote to The News Journal that a judge denied the request, and "determined there was not sufficient probable cause to move forward." Biden did not elaborate or identify the judge.

Biden also wrote that previous investigative steps, coupled with new reports that surfaced late in 2009, "together built probable cause to support his arrest" and the issuance of search warrants in December.
Though it is now evident that several doctors, police officers and prosecutors knew about Bradley's alleged crimes for a period of years, the Delaware Board of Medical Practice has said it never received a complaint about the pediatrician who has been practicing in Delaware since 1994 after working for about a decade in Philadelphia.

The delay in charging Bradley with any crimes or taking action against his license, which was suspended Dec. 30, has infuriated the mother of one alleged victim who said her own complaint was documented in Elliott's affidavit. The woman, a 48-year-old teacher from Lewes, told The News Journal that she has been trying since at least 2005 to get police to arrest Bradley for abusing her 7-year-old daughter in 1999.

"I think it's a disgrace how the system worked and how it has harmed all of these other children," said the woman, who the newspaper is not naming because of its policy against identifying rape victims. "Those other children would not have been violated if they had acted on previous reports."

Bradley now faces 29 criminal counts relating to the alleged rapes of nine girls ranging in age from 3 months to 13 years -- all offenses that authorities say were committed since August. Prosecutors, who with police are combing through records and videotapes Bradley took of his alleged crimes, have said there could be as many as 100 child victims.

In some tapes, police have said in previously released court documents, he filmed himself having intercourse and oral sex with toddlers in exam rooms, a basement toy room and an outbuilding at his office near Lewes, sometimes yelling out orders with a "violently enraged" expression on his face. In some of the videos, police have said, Bradley held toddlers upside-down by their ankles while he abused them.

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CONTINUED FROM ABOVE:    (**ndy note: WE REALLY SHOULD ALL BE WATCHING AND FOLLOWING THIS CASE, IT IS A WTH? OMG! NO WAY THING...! Follow) 

Police have "shown a pattern of continuous complaints against Dr. Bradley in regards to how juvenile vaginal examinations are conducted and questions in regards to the validity of these examinations," Elliott wrote. "There is a pattern of complaints of inappropriate kissing."

The detective wrote that several pediatricians consulted by police "have confirmed that is not the general practice to look at the genital area of young girls, however, it can be appropriate.

For example, in the rape that allegedly occurred in 1999, the Lewes mother told police she took her 7-year-old daughter to Bradley for a physical.

During the exam, Bradley pulled down her pants and penetrated her with his finger with an ungloved hand, Elliott wrote.

The child screamed and the mother questioned Bradley, who responded that he "was checking her hymen."

The mother, who stopped taking her daughter to Bradley after that exam, told police that never happened before or afterward with any other pediatrician.

Girl said she felt 'dirty'

In another case cited by Elliott, a 12-year-old girl went to Bradley for a sore throat and pink eye but he never took a throat culture and never took her temperature or involved a nurse.

Instead the girl was a given a vaginal exam, Elliott wrote.

According to Elliott, the mother was present but felt sick to her stomach when she left the office and on the way home, the girl told her mother she felt "dirty" and cried.

The girl said Bradley had penetrated her with his fingers and that afterward, he sat beside her and rubbed her leg with his hand.

Later, Elliott wrote, Bradley gave the girl a toy appropriate for a 3-year-old and told her he was going to put on a show for children and give out free ice cream.

The girl's mother contacted Bradley the next day to find out why he conducted a vaginal exam.

According to Elliott, he denied penetrating the woman's daughter but never explained why he didthe exam.

Comments by Bradley's former colleagues also pointed to the possibility that Bradley was sexually abusing children, Elliott wrote.

Elliott wrote that the doctor, who was referred to as Witness 1, "indicated he has referred to Bradley as a pedophile when talking to colleagues."

Three of that doctor's patients used to see Bradley, he told Elliott, and "all had similar stories to tell about Dr. Bradley conducting long vaginal exams."

Another doctor said several former Bradley patients had transferred to his own office and complained that Bradley's exams entailed "forcing children to get undressed when they didn't want to or taking children away from their parent for several minutes."

A third doctor told police he saw Bradley carrying children around if they cried, and watched him "hold and kiss children on the cheek."

In addition, a former employee told police in December 2008 that Bradley told her he installed surveillance cameras in various locations in the office, and could access the cameras from his home computer.

While police are reviewing videotapes and records from his office, and fielding dozens of complaints from anxious parents who wonder if their children were abused, the Lewes woman who believes her daughter was abused in 1999 said she expects Bradley to be charged for it in the future.

But the woman said the girl, now 17, carries emotional scars.

"What she remembers is screaming and that something happened," the mother said. "She doesn't trust doctors."

Where is all the outrage!  I have been trying to keep mine in check, but I just read that whole article, I just posted it here on the Discussion Thread so no one would miss it... I have been following this one since it was a bay blurb, too... I want to hear people who have had this touch their life!  I want the level of outrage that comes from hearing the story from someone who it is happening to, in a forum where no one is asking you for money or any kind of compensation, other than offering a safe haven or a refuge from which to tell your story.  My prayers are with all of you tonight, and I really hope that there is some way that NSF can keep you from suffering from fools and foolish things. and I do offer you a calm in the storm, anyone out there can PM me here at the NSF Board (Very Top Right Messages, Send to notdarkyet) I will answer them all.  Just know that I am around and that I care about the Board, and the reputation it gets, I want it to be different than anything out there, so if you are here to bitch or moan at the way I do things, then please don't waste any time bothering us any further.  In fact, I will do my best to ignore all trolls, and I most definitely will not feed you at all...

Let us grow in Peace, please...  Or join in for real, and ad your voice to he site, I encourage everyone to join no matter what you have ever thought about me personally or about message boarding in general, because this is not going to be your normal everyday message board.  We got a new way of thinking here, and we want a fresh new audience who is ready for change, and that can only come when you have new and better knowledge and an abundance of intelligent folks who are serious about the discussions, but can come to the Daily Thread and let loose there.  A perfect blend of fun and serious following of true crime.  There are so many good folks here, it is ashame not to laugh and learn about each other on the daily thread, but remember, we know more about these cases than most places, and I welcome all the Delaware folks to join in just as soon as you are able. I understand, and I think I can speak for us all.

Godspeed with your well-being and prayers for you and your family....

ndy

Arrest of a pediatrician followed YEARS (that is what I said... YEARS) ! of complaints and I don't know about ya'll, but... HUGE WTH?!? Parents Want and Deserve Anwers!

But the police were unable to get enough evidence to charge him, the documents indicate.

Starting in 2005, police investigators received complaints about the pediatrician, Dr. Earl B. Bradley, of Lewes, Del., from eight patients accusing him of abuse as far back as 1999. At least one complaint was sent to a state medical group, but no action was taken to suspend Bradley's license and he was not charged, according to the documents.

Bradley, 56, was charged in December with 32 criminal counts relating to the rapes of at least seven girls, ages 3 months to 13 years. At the time, the authorities said they had received multiple complaints about the doctor roughly a year ago.

But the new documents, which include the accounts of three doctors and a nurse, indicate that concerns were raised far earlier.

In the spring of 2005, the Milford police tried to charge Bradley with offensive touching after a 3-year-old patient told her parents about his kissing her too much in at least one office visit.

No arrest was made, the Milford police said, because officials in the office of then-Attorney General M. Jane Brady decided they could not win the case, according to the documents, which were first obtained by The News Journal of Wilmington, Del.

A former office manager for Bradley told investigators in April 2005 that she filed a complaint earlier that year with the Medical Society of Delaware, which is a professional organization that does not license doctors. But officials at the society, as well as at the Delaware Board of Medical Practice, which grants doctors' licenses, said they never received any complaints from patients or alerts from the police about Bradley.

State law requires medical professionals to report anyone suspected of engaging in unprofessional behavior.

Attorney General Joseph R. Biden III, who took office in 2007, said Thursday that he had asked the state solicitor to investigate whether anyone failed to fulfill their legal obligation to report accusations of wrongdoing. Biden added that a preliminary review of records seemed to indicate that the prosecutor who handled the 2005 case recommended that the complaints be forwarded to state medical authorities.

In March 2005, a pediatrician who used to work with the doctor told investigators that he regularly referred to Bradley as a pedophile when talking about him with colleagues.

Another pediatrician who used to work at the practice described Bradley's habit of taking digital images of his patients and storing them on his computer. The doctor added that after he left Bradley's practice, many of Bradley's former patients transferred to him, complaining about Bradley's "forcing children to get undressed when they didn't want to or taking their children away from their parents for several minutes."

One former office manager told the police in December 2008 that Bradley told her he installed surveillance cameras in his office that he could monitor from his home computer.

But the common element described in the testimony from witnesses and alleged victims was the doctors' tendency to do unnecessary vaginal exams.

One such description came from the parents of a 12-year-old girl who was taken to see Bradley for a sore throat and pink eye.

"A throat culture was never taken, her temperature was never taken, a urine sample was never tested and a nurse was not involved, but child was given a vaginal exam," said the document, which was written by Detective Thomas Elliott of the state police in a probable-cause affidavit used to search Bradley's BayBees Pediatrics office on Dec. 16, 2009.
Bradley's lawyer, Eugene J. Maurer Jr., declined to comment.

The Delaware pediatrician who prosecutors say may have molested more than 100 patients showed a pattern of inappropriate touching that led to multiple complaints from patients and co-workers, according to court documents released this week.

But the police were unable to get enough evidence to charge him, the documents indicated. Starting in 2005, police investigators received complaints about the pediatrician, Dr. Earl B. Bradley, of Lewes, Del., from eight patients accusing him of abuse as far back as 1999. At least one complaint was sent to a state medical group, but no action was taken to suspend Bradley's license and he was not charged, according to the documents.

Bradley, 56, was charged in December with 32 criminal counts relating to the rapes of at least seven girls, ages 3 months to 13 years. At the time, the authorities said they had received multiple complaints about the doctor roughly a year ago.

But the new documents, which include the accounts of three doctors and a nurse, indicate that concerns were raised far earlier.

In the spring of 2005, the Milford police tried to charge Bradley with offensive touching after a 3-year-old patient told her parents about his kissing her too much in at least one office visit.

No arrest was made, the Milford police said, because officials in the office of then-Attorney General M. Jane Brady decided they could not win the case, according to the documents, which were first obtained by The News Journal of Wilmington, Del.

A former office manager for Bradley told investigators in April 2005 that she filed a complaint earlier that year with the Medical Society of Delaware, which is a professional organization that does not license doctors. But officials at the society, as well as at the Delaware Board of Medical Practice, which grants doctors' licenses, said they never received any complaints from patients or alerts from the police about Bradley.

State law requires medical professionals to report anyone suspected of engaging in unprofessional behavior.

Attorney General Joseph R. Biden III, who took office in 2007, said Thursday that he had asked the state solicitor to investigate whether anyone failed to fulfill their legal obligation to report accusations of wrongdoing. Biden added that a preliminary review of records seemed to indicate that the prosecutor who handled the 2005 case recommended that the complaints be forwarded to state medical authorities.

In March 2005, a pediatrician who used to work with the doctor told investigators that he regularly referred to Bradley as a pedophile when talking about him with colleagues.

Another pediatrician who used to work at the practice described Bradley's habit of taking digital images of his patients and storing them on his computer. The doctor added that after he left Bradley's practice, many of Bradley's former patients transferred to him, complaining about Bradley's "forcing children to get undressed when they didn't want to or taking their children away from their parents for several minutes."

One former office manager told the police in December 2008 that Bradley told her he installed surveillance cameras in his office that he could monitor from his home computer.

But the common element described in the testimony from witnesses and alleged victims was the doctors' tendency to do unnecessary vaginal exams.

One such description came from the parents of a 12-year-old girl who was taken to see Bradley for a sore throat and pink eye.

"A throat culture was never taken, her temperature was never taken, a urine sample was never tested and a nurse was not involved, but child was given a vaginal exam," said the document, which was written by Detective Thomas Elliott of the state police in a probable-cause affidavit used to search Bradley's BayBees Pediatrics office on Dec. 16, 2009.

Bradley's lawyer, Eugene J. Maurer Jr., declined to comment.

WHERE ARE ALL MY DELAWARE PEEPS? I totally understand why you would not want to talk to us about these cases, but know that there are a lot of people out here who are following the story and I want to offer you a safe place among safe posters who believe in justice for the victims and vidication, if you will, for their families so do feel as though you can come anytime you like, you can PM Admin in the backjground, may be provide some pictures, but know that if your soul is crying to scream out, this is a good group and it is smaller and more intimate and we have a format that is unlike the other BIG Boards out there, I have covered this case from the jump as well, and will continue to keep on doing that - we want justice adn truth here. 
 Questions are to be expected, though. 

Take care and my prayer out to you and yours!

ndy