{"id":2049785,"date":"2023-09-29T14:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T18:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-doctor-accused-of-sadistic-perverted-abuse-by-58-former-patients\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T14:57:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T18:57:05","slug":"nyc-doctor-accused-of-sadistic-perverted-abuse-by-58-former-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-doctor-accused-of-sadistic-perverted-abuse-by-58-former-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Doctor Faces Allegations of &#8216;Sadistic, Perverted&#8217; Abuse by 58 Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-doctor-accused-of-sadistic-perverted-abuse-by-58-former-patients%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2049785&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Cindy \u200cOrd\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>11:43 AM \u2013 Friday, September 29, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Darius Paduch, a former New\u200d York urologist, is facing \u200cshocking allegations of\u200d &#8220;sadistic&#8221; and\u200c &#8220;perverted&#8221; abuse towards patients at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital \u2063and Weill Cornell Medical \u2064Center. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>A new lawsuit has been filed\u2064 against\u2062 the hospital systems\u200b on behalf of several victims, alleging that the hospitals covered up years \u2063of abuse by Paduch.<\/p>\n<p>Paduch, 55, was arrested \u2062in \u200cApril after allegedly\u200c sexually assaulting patients, including minors, starting in \u200b2015. Since then, more victims have\u200b come forward,\u200d claiming\u200c that the doctor had \u200dsexually abused them as \u200cwell. <\/p>\n<p>  \u200bAccording\u2064 to the lawsuit filed \u2062on \u200bThursday, a total of 58 male victims were abused\u200c between\u2064 2003\u2063 and 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been at this for the past 11 years. Every time the story has run, \u200bpeople call. That&#8217;s just how \u200dit&#8217;s been \u200dfor over a decade.\u2062 I know there\u2062 are thousands\u200c of \u2064patients out \u200cthere that just don&#8217;t know that what he was doing was \u200bsexual exploitation and abuse,&#8221; attorney Anthony \u200bT. DiPietro, who is filing a new lawsuit on behalf of dozens more alleged victims \u200bin New York Supreme Court, explained to <em>Fox News Digital<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawsuit also \u200breveals that \u2062the victims\u200d claimed they were raped, forced to undergo surgery without anesthesia, and deliberately given \u2064addictive opioids. <\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit\u200d names\u2062 several medical institutions as suspects, including New\u2063 York-Presbyterian, \u200dthe \u200dWeill \u2063Cornell Medical\u2062 Center, Columbia University, Northwell Health, and others.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;For nearly two decades, Paduch pretended to practice medicine \u200din the field of Urology,\u200d while instead engaging in a \u200bcareer of racketeering, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, \u2063and sex-trafficking of both minors and \u200badults,&#8221; the lawsuit states. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The lawsuit continues, &#8220;During this time, Paduch acted as \u200ca\u2064 disgusting, sadistic, and perverted sexual predator who \u200cused his esteemed and trusted position with [defendants] \u200dto sexually groom, exploit, abuse, rape, molest, fondle, sodomize, and commit various acts of physical, verbal, and\u2064 sexual\u200d assault \u2064and battery \u200con\u200c thousands\u2064 of patients, including the plaintiffs herein, all under the pretense of providing legitimate,\u200d medically necessary, medical care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, it was reported that the 55-year-old would overprescribe his\u2064 patients and \u2062get them hooked on \u200bopioids in order for \u200cthem to become &#8220;dependent&#8221; on him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>While &#8220;actively breaking\u200b down\u200b the patients&#8217; boundaries,&#8221; Paduch \u200d&#8221;subjected them to inappropriate&#8221; questioning\u2062 about\u2062 their\u2063 sex lives and\u200b sexual orientation. He also &#8220;peppered each \u200bof them with a series\u2062 of irrelevant questions for long periods while ogling, groping, touching,\u200d penetrating, and \u200cobjectifying each \u200cof their unclothed bodies and penises,&#8221; the\u2064 lawsuit states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to\u200d the \u200dlawsuit, the defendants, their trustees, agents, and employees at the hospital \u200dsystems were aware\u200d of \u200bPaduch&#8217;s actions but failed to report them to the authorities. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Instead of reporting his behavior, the\u200b employers conspired &#8220;to conceal his \u200dcrimes from the authorities, gas-light their patients, while enabling and aiding Darius\u2063 A. \u200bPaduch in becoming \u200cthe second-most prolific serial sexual predator in New York\u2063 State History.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawsuit claims that even after his \u2064employers became aware \u2062of his criminal\u2062 behavior in 2017, \u2063he was allowed to continue practicing medicine for another\u2063 six years. <\/p>\n<p>The lawyer who filed Thursday&#8217;s \u2064lawsuit, Anthony T. DiPietro, has helped dozens of \u200cwomen file lawsuits against well-known New York\u200c hospitals related to Paduch&#8217;s\u200b abuse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;My clients and I have \u2064had enough of the cover-ups \u2064that\u2062 are\u2063 happening at hospitals and medical clinics across the\u200b country\u2014and we&#8217;re doing everything possible to help \u2062change this\u2063 culture by holding institutions\u200c and their enablers \u2064accountable,&#8221; DiPietro told The Daily Beast. &#8220;We look forward to exposing the administrators who \u2062failed to\u200b protect patients \u200dfrom this known predator. \u200cI believe the work we&#8217;re doing will help \u2062make this world\u200b a better place for our \u2062kids, grandkids, and generations\u200c to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Regarding Weill Cornell\u2063 Medical Center&#8217;s\u200d ethics board, it reportedly received multiple complaints \u2064from\u200b victims\u2062 but\u200b tried to &#8220;buy the victims&#8217;\u200c silence,&#8221; according to\u2063 the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The former doctor reportedly \u2064lied\u200b about having \u2063a wife \u2064and children to \u200bpreserve the ongoing lie that he \u200bwas heterosexual \u200cand married with &#8220;the sole \u200bintention of grooming, distracting, normalizing the abuse, and disarming \u200cthe patients, so\u2063 he could prolong the time he \u2062had access to their\u2064 bodies while pretending \u2064that everything he \u200dwas doing to them was\u200c clinical in nature,&#8221; according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, the medical \u2064center claimed in a statement that it &#8220;values the care and \u200csafety of our patients above all else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;The conduct \u200ddescribed in these suits is extremely disturbing, and we feel deeply \u2063for all those involved,&#8221;\u2063 the statement \u200csaid. &#8220;No patient who entrusts us with \u2062their care should ever experience such appalling behavior. We\u2064 continue to\u200b cooperate fully\u200c with\u2064 law enforcement and are committed to maintaining the highest\u2062 professional and\u200d ethical standards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Michael\u2064 Baldassare, an attorney representing Paduch in the case, \u200drefuted the allegations. \u2064Instead, he highlighted his client&#8217;s decades of \u200dexperience in the\u2063 male reproductive field.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Not only \u200bhas Dr. Paduch\u200d been\u2062 a well-respected physician\u2063 for 20 \u200dyears, he has authored or co-authored over 80 scholarly \u2063publications in his\u2062 field and served our country\u2062 honorably as a Captain \u2064in the Army Reserve Medical \u2063Corps,&#8221; Baldassare told NBC \u2063New York, adding\u200b that his team \u2062&#8221;will defend\u2063 this case to the greatest extent of the \u200dlaw.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Paduch has \u200bpleaded not guilty to \u200dthe federal charges and is no longer associated with\u2063 any of the hospitals. <\/p>\n<p><em>If you \u2062or someone you know is suffering from abuse, please contact the National Sexual Assault\u2062 Hotline\u200c at 1-800-656-4673.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Key witnesses appearing in the House Oversight Committee \u2064hearing today in the\u200c first\u2062 Biden Impeachment\u2064 Inquiry appeared \u200bto provide support for the GOP-led\u2064 investigation into Biden\u2063 corruption. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Philadelphia experiences\u200d a second \u200cnight of mass lootings. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Following the second Republican \u2062presidential debate, we heard the candidates make their \u200ccase for why they\u2063 deserve to go up against Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Democrat Senator Bob \u200bMenendez pleads\u200d not guilty to \u200bcharges of accepting bribes from three New Jersey\u2064 businessmen. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u00a0Andrew Chung September 29, 2023 \u2013 8:04 AM PDT Advertisement Sept 29 \u2062(Reuters) \u2013 The\u200d U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u00a0Padraic Halpin\u00a0and\u00a0Max A. Cherney September 29, \u20632023\u200c \u2013 5:02 AM PDT Advertisement DUBLIN,\u2063 Sept 29 (Reuters) \u2013 Chipmaker Intel\u00a0(INTC.O)\u00a0said on Friday\u2062 it\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u00a0Supantha Mukherjee September 29, 2023 \u2013 5:12 AM\u200c PDT Advertisement STOCKHOLM, Sept 29\u2062 (Reuters) \u2013 A raid by French\u200d authorities of the\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) -The European Commission launched an \u200binvestigation on \u200dWednesday into whether to impose punitive tariffs to protect European Union automakers against\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What actions should be taken to \u2064address the concerns raised by this case and ensure patient safety and accountability within the medical community<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Former New York urologist, Darius Paduch, is facing shocking \u200callegations of &#8220;sadistic&#8221; and &#8220;perverted&#8221; abuse towards patients at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital \u200band Weill Cornell Medical Center. A new lawsuit has been filed against the hospital systems on behalf of several victims, \u2063alleging \u2063that the hospitals covered up years of abuse by Paduch.<\/p>\n<p>Paduch, 55, was arrested in April after allegedly sexually assaulting patients, including minors, starting in 2015. Since then,\u200d more victims have come forward, claiming that the doctor had\u2064 sexually abused them as well. According to \u2063the lawsuit filed on Thursday, a total of 58\u200d male victims were abused between 2003 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been at this for the past 11 years. Every time the story \u2062has run, people call. That&#8217;s just how it&#8217;s been for over a decade. I know there are \u200cthousands of patients out there that just don&#8217;t know that what he \u2063was doing was sexual exploitation and abuse,&#8221; attorney Anthony T. DiPietro, who is filing a new lawsuit on behalf of dozens more alleged\u2064 victims in New York Supreme Court, explained to Fox \u2063News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit \u2064also reveals that the victims claimed they were \u200craped,\u200c forced to\u2063 undergo surgery without anesthesia, and deliberately given addictive opioids. Multiple medical institutions, \u200dincluding New \u200dYork-Presbyterian, the Weill Cornell Medical Center, Columbia University, Northwell Health, and others, are named as suspects\u200b in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For nearly\u200d two decades, Paduch pretended to practice medicine in the field of Urology, while instead engaging in a career of racketeering, \u200bsexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and sex-trafficking of both minors and \u200cadults,&#8221; the lawsuit states.\u200b It continues, &#8220;During this time, Paduch acted as a disgusting, sadistic, and perverted sexual predator who used his esteemed and \u2062trusted position with [defendants] to sexually groom, exploit, abuse, rape, molest, fondle, sodomize, and commit various acts of physical, verbal, and sexual assault and battery on thousands of patients, \u2062including the plaintiffs herein, all under the pretense of providing legitimate, medically necessary,\u200d medical care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, it\u200b was reported that the 55-year-old would overprescribe his patients and get them hooked on opioids \u200cin order for them to become\u200d &#8220;dependent&#8221; on him.<\/p>\n<p>These allegations are deeply disturbing and raise serious concerns about patient safety\u200c and the accountability of \u2064medical professionals. It is crucial for the legal system to thoroughly investigate these claims and for the \u2063hospitals involved to address any potential \u200bnegligence or misconduct. The victims deserve justice, and steps must be taken to prevent\u200c such\u200c abuse from happening\u2062 in the future.<\/p>\n<p>This case underscores the importance of strong regulatory systems and safeguards within healthcare \u200cinstitutions to protect\u2063 patients and ensure the highest standards of care. It also\u200d highlights the\u200c need for victims of abuse to feel safe and supported \u200bwhen coming forward with their experiences, as it empowers others who may have suffered in silence to speak out.<\/p>\n<p>The medical community must also reflect\u200c on \u2064this case and consider ways to improve\u200d patient \u200dsafety and accountability. Screening and\u200c vetting processes for medical professionals should be rigorous, with thorough background checks and ongoing monitoring to ensure that individuals \u2062with predatory tendencies are not\u2062 allowed to practice medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, \u200cthe wellbeing \u2062and trust of patients must be at the forefront \u2062of healthcare, and cases like this \u200bserve\u200c as a reminder of the importance of \u2062diligently upholding these principles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darius Paduch, a former NY urologist, faces accusations of &#8220;sadistic&#8221; and &#8220;perverted&#8221; abuse towards patients at NY-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center. A lawsuit has been filed against the hospital systems on behalf of the victims. 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