NYC urologist gets life in prison for years of sexual abuse

A New York urologist convicted of sexually abusing galore men and boys implicit much than a decennary was sentenced Wednesday to beingness successful prison.

Darius Paduch, 57, lured his victims portion moving astatine Weill Cornell Medicine successful Manhattan from 2007 to 2019 and Northwell Health connected Long Island from 2019 to 2023, investigators said.

“He utilized his presumption arsenic a renowned urologist astatine prestigious hospitals to sexually battle susceptible patients, including children, to gratify his ain intersexual desires,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said successful a statement.

Paduch specialized successful the attraction of Klinefelter syndrome, a familial information that tin origin infertility successful men. During “treatment sessions,” Paduch would masturbate his patients, unit them to masturbate portion helium watched and property his ain erect penis against patients’ bodies, according to national investigators.

More than 160 erstwhile patients sued Paduch successful civilian tribunal nether New York’s Adult Survivors Act. Eleven testified astatine his trial, portion dozens much submitted statements to the court.

“The damage that Dr. Paduch has done done his abuse and gaslighting is irreparable,” District Judge Ronnie Abrams said astatine sentencing, according to Newsday. “I americium of the presumption that helium volition ever airs a information to the assemblage and everyone successful it.”

Paduch continued practicing until helium was arrested connected Long Island successful April 2023. He was convicted successful May 2024 connected six counts of inducing a idiosyncratic to question to prosecute successful unlawful intersexual enactment and 5 counts of inducing a insignificant to prosecute successful unlawful intersexual activity.

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