Reginald Archibald: a doctor accused of sexually assaulting dozens of children

Areport by The New York Times Thursday reveals a potential case of massive sexual assault by a doctor named Reginald Archibald during his years of practice in New York.

Archibald, an endocrinologist, passed away in 2007. But her son, Larry, said: The New York Times, "It does not make sense to me."

Here's what you need to know.

More than 17 people (including a majority of men) confirmed to the NYT that they had been abused by Archibald

The New York Times report reveals that more than 17 people reported being abused by Archibald and that the majority of them are men. Most of these victims learned of the existence of other victims only when the hospital in which Archibald worked, Rockefeller University Hospital, issued a statement that he had credible evidence of "inappropriate behavior".

In addition, the hospital had credible allegations against Archibald as early as 2004.

The children reported went to Archibald's home because they were not growing at a normal pace.

Rockefeller Hospital issued a statement regarding Archibald's behavior on October 5

New York Times

On October 5, the Rockefeller Hospital issued a public statement regarding his former doctor. The statement read in part,

"We learned that Dr. Reginald Archibald, who had retired from Rockefeller University Hospital in 1982, had had inappropriate conduct in patient examinations. The Hospital and the University deeply regret the pain and suffering inflicted on one of Dr. Archibald's former patients.

In 2004, Rockefeller University Hospital was informed of a former patient's report of the relevance of Dr. Archibald's conduct during his physical examinations. The university has notified the Federal Office for the Protection of Human Research, the Office of Ethics of the State of New York and the District Attorney of Manhattan. In addition, the University retained the services of legal counsel Debevoise & Plimpton LLP for the investigation. After reviewing the information then available, including interviews with former patients, faculty, administrators, and staff, and two previous reports done in the 1990s, Debeoise found some credible allegations and determined that 39 It was likely that some Archibald's behavior towards this patient was inappropriate.