A neurologist who admitted groping women at a Philadelphia clinic was charged with sexually molesting patients in New Jersey, the third state to accuse him of using his position as a prominent pain doctor to victimize women under his care. A Mercer County grand jury indicted Dr. Ricardo Cruciani on multiple counts of sexual assault and criminal sexual contact. Seven women alleged Cruciani victimized them between January 2014 and January 2016 while he was chief neurologist at Capital Health’s Institute of Neurosciences in Hopewell Township. In that case, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanour charges involving seven patients and was sentenced to probation. Last month, Cruciani was charged with rape, sexual assault and criminal sex acts involving six patients in New York City.

Source: National Post March 15, 2018 20:37 UTC