Report: Ohio State leaders knew about team doctor's abuse

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4. From the Ohio State University President

Michael V. Drake (@OSUPrezDrake) Tweeted:
On behalf of the university, we offer our sincere apologies and profound regret to those who endured abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss. His actions and the university's inaction at the time were unacceptable.

Please read my message to our Buckeye community: https://t.co/2kKXy4RHPh

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The University. NPR station. WOSU.org is following the story.

source--https://wosu2.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net/post/ohio-state-knew-about-sexual-abuse-team-doctor-early-1979


snip--"The Investigation

In 1996, the university suspended Strauss from physician duties after a patient at the Student Health center accused himi of "fondling him during a genital examination." At the time, though, the school took a "very limited investigation" of complaints against Strauss, who was subsequently removed from Athletics and Student Health but remained a tenured faculty member in the School of Public Health.

Even after the disciplinary actions, in 1996 Strauss opened a private, off-campus clinic where he "continued to sexually abuse OSU students," the report says.

Strauss voluntarily retired from the university in 1998, receiving an "emeritus" honor that he maintained until his death. Strauss died by suicide in 2005.

“Strauss' acts of abuse ranged from the overt – such as fondling to the point of erection and ejaculation – to more subtle acts of abuse that were masked with a pretextual medical purpose - for example, requiring a student-patient to strip completely naked to purportedly "assess" an orthopedic condition, or asking probing questions about a student-patient's sexual practices or performance," the report says."

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