Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Dr. Earl Bradley Arrested: Pediatrician Charged With Molestation


Dr. Earl Bradley, arrested and charged in December for victimizing over 100 children, is facing 471 felony counts of molesting patients in his medical practice. The pediatrician charged with molestation may face additional charges after the evidence is collected and analyzed. Dr. Earl Bradley is a pediatrician in Delaware, but also has licenses to practice medicine in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida. Delaware has taken action and revoked his license to practice medicine, and has contacted the other states as well and informed them of the pending charges.

Read more about Dr. Bradley, the charges he is facing, the victims, as well as how police discovered the abuse, and what evidence was collected in the case, below.


Authorities in Delaware collected what is being described as “video and digital evidence” from Dr. Bradley’s home and his practice. He is accused of molesting over 100 children, over a 10 year period, and is facing 471 felony charges. He is also accused of videotaping some of his attacks on the victims. Thankfully his medical license has been permanently suspended.

Some of the charges Dr. Earl Bradley is facing are sexual exploitation of a child, rape, unlawful sexual contact, continuous sexual abuse of a child, assault and reckless endangering. He is currently being held on $2.9 million bail. Prosecutors have sent out letters to over 3,100 potential victims, and have urged anyone who may have been victimized by Dr. Bradley to come forward and contact the authorities.

I can not explain how sick this case makes me. The thought of a doctor victimizing children for his own sick satisfaction really makes me wish that rape of a child was a capital offense punishable by the death penalty. It appears that prosecutors have over 13 hours of tape that they have reviewed while screening charges. None of the victims were identified by name in the indictment.

The defense in the case has already laid the foundation for a not guilty by reason of insanity plea. Anyone who would do something like this is obviously insane, but that doesn’t mean that they didn’t know that it was wrong and it certainly doesn’t mean that anyone who commits this type of crime should ever see the light of day as a free man ever again.

All of the victims, save one, were females and were in an extremely vulnerable position given the fact that Bradley was a doctor and the children, and their parents, trusted him to care for these children. Honestly, nothing disgusts me more than someone who abuses children in this type of way.

So, Dr. Earl Bradley, arrested for abusing patients for over a decade, is going to face a lifetime behind bars. The pediatrician charged with molestation, rape, and numerous other sexually related charges, could be facing even more than the current 471 charges currently pending. I’ve made my opinion pretty clear. I think that the law should exist allowing for capital punishment for rape of a child, and although that is not an option for the judge, I would be just as happy seeing the judge order him to a lifetime of solitary confinement. What do you think? I’d love to see some creative punishments for this type of crime.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

sad but nothing will be done to this type person ,people will chat about it thats it.they have been doing this kind of perverted shit sence creation.cops doctors others.they hide in churches hospitals ect. people are more evil,just as evil as common lower class ,blue caller.we will hear of a new case next week.

Kirstie G said...

I think this sicko should get the death penalty. No doubt about it. Insanity plea? What a PATHETIC way to attempt to 'CYA', when you abused hundreds upon hundreds of innocent children. I am so disgusted by this man, and I can only hope for my future childrens sake, that men like him get what the really deserve. He deserves to be punished to the full extent of his crimes, it is a gross abuse of control this man had over this many children. In my opinion, the parents aren't so much to blame. Sure it happened right under their noses, but what parent takes their child to a pediatrician that they don't trust to begin with? I am overwhelmed with anger and annoyance. This is something that could've been so easily stopped years ago when the first report against this pervert was released. I can only pray that God or some higher power brings him the agony and the pain these parents are feeling right now.