Nurse accused of abuse

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008.

Yakima, WA – State health officials summarily suspended the license Thursday of a male nurse in Yakima who allegedly molested a girl over a 10-year period, begining when she was 6 or 7.

The registered nurse, 53, used his position of trust and authority as a health care provider to gain physical access to the victim in order "to fulfill his deviant sexual desires," according to the charging statement issued by the state Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission, the nursing disciplinary board in the Department of Health.

The alleged molestation started in 1997 and continued through October 2007, according to the charges.

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