Social worker charged in alleged sexual abuse of California hospital patients

A social employee at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino has been charged with a number of felonies alleging the sexual assault of sufferers who had been unable to offer consent, the San Bernardino County District Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned Wednesday, Aug. 24.

Christopher Lee Good, 63, of Redlands was charged with 9 felony offenses in July, which included 5 counts of rape of an individual incapable of giving consent, two counts of oral copulation of an incompetent particular person and two counts of sexual penetration of an incompetent particular person, the DA’s workplace mentioned in a information launch.

On Aug. 4, Good pleaded not responsible to all expenses, based on San Bernardino County Superior Courtroom information.

The alleged abuse befell between 2014 and 2018, based on a legal criticism. Lots of the victims have been recognized as sufferers at Patton State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital that serves folks mandated for therapy by legal or civil courts, based on the DA’s workplace.

Good was arrested on Aug. 3 and was being held on $2 million bail, based on county jail information. Good’s arrest got here after the results of an investigation carried out by the Division of State Hospitals’ Workplace of Protecting Companies, the DA’s workplace mentioned.

Good’s employment standing with the hospital was not instantly clear.

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