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A well-known psychologist and hospital executive who treated children for a variety of mental health issues, including sexual abuse, has been indicted on 145 child porn felonies following a months-long investigation by the Ohio Attorney General’s office, authorities announced Thursday.
Dr. Gregory Ramey, 70, was the vice president for outpatient services and a child psychologist at Dayton Children’s Hospital until he was fired last summer.
“This egregious abuse of the patients’ trust, not to mention the publics’ trust, from a doctor is gut-wrenchingly horrible,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said in a statement. “Young children are innocent, sweet and trusting — vulnerably fragile and in need of special protection.”
The Harvard-educated doctor is accused of downloading an unknown amount of child porn material, but authorities did not release any details of the case. His electronic activity was reported to the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which notified local police.
Ramey joined the Dayton hospital in 1979 and his work focused on child sexual abuse, parent-child communication, developmental and behavioral problems of young children, among other issues, according to the Dayton Daily News. The outlet published a weekly parenting column by the disgraced doctor until July, just weeks before he lost his job.
Authorities said hospital officials fired him shortly after they learned of the investigation.
In a statement to local media, hospital leaders said they were “blindsided by the allegations” and noted that the charges do not include any activity at Dayton Children’s Hospital.
“Nothing in the performance of his professional role created any suspicions,” the statement reads. “We are shocked and deeply troubled by these allegations, which are in stark contrast to our mission and core values.”
The suspect, who’s from the Greene County city of Beavercreek, was charged with 90 counts of illegally using a minor in nudity-oriented material, nearly 30 counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor, more than 20 counts of attempted pandering of sexually-oriented matter involving a minor and three counts of tampering with evidence.