GUILTY DE - Dr. Earl Bradley for sex abuse, child 🤬🤬🤬🤬, Lewes, 2009

[Mercyneal]

Get a load of this nutty letter from a doctor named Wayne Martz:

I was surprised and somewhat disappointed to read in this morning’s News Journal that the Delaware Board of Medical Practice lifted the license of Dr. Earl Bradley to practice medicine.

I’m sure every doctor in the region feels a deep sense of shame, regret and anger over the whole Earl Bradley episode, as he reflects discredit on the entire medical profession. However, there are two offenses here, and the usual way to handle this is to let the civil/criminal offense against children run its course and impose its punishment, and then the Board of Medical Practice steps in to consider what should be done about the improper practice of medicine.

The BMP is not set up to have a punitive function. Its function is to protect the public from the improper practice of medicine, and in this it has failed miserably.

A medical education is extremely expensive; far more than the cost of tuition, and Delaware, like every other state, invests millions every year in training its doctors.

By taking away his license, they deprive people of his services, the state’s return on its investment. His skills, such as they are, will fade rapidly. He could probably practice safely in a prison, and if sent to prison, he will probably be put to work in the health care system. From what I know of prisons, child molesters are not very popular there. It is possible some harm might come to him. A shame.


E. Wayne Martz, M.D., MBA, West Grove, Pa.
about the Bradley case:
"Medical Board Was Wrong to Revoke License of Pediatrician"
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100227/OPINION10/100226060

 

[believe09]

Get a load of this nutty letter from a doctor named Wayne Martz:

I was surprised and somewhat disappointed to read in this morning’s News Journal that the Delaware Board of Medical Practice lifted the license of Dr. Earl Bradley to practice medicine.

I’m sure every doctor in the region feels a deep sense of shame, regret and anger over the whole Earl Bradley episode, as he reflects discredit on the entire medical profession. However, there are two offenses here, and the usual way to handle this is to let the civil/criminal offense against children run its course and impose its punishment, and then the Board of Medical Practice steps in to consider what should be done about the improper practice of medicine.

The BMP is not set up to have a punitive function. Its function is to protect the public from the improper practice of medicine, and in this it has failed miserably.

A medical education is extremely expensive; far more than the cost of tuition, and Delaware, like every other state, invests millions every year in training its doctors.

By taking away his license, they deprive people of his services, the state’s return on its investment. His skills, such as they are, will fade rapidly. He could probably practice safely in a prison, and if sent to prison, he will probably be put to work in the health care system. From what I know of prisons, child molesters are not very popular there. It is possible some harm might come to him. A shame.


E. Wayne Martz, M.D., MBA, West Grove, Pa.
about the Bradley case:
"Medical Board Was Wrong to Revoke License of Pediatrician"
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100227/OPINION10/100226060

Am I the only one who thinks perhaps Dr Martz has an issue he is worried about? :waitasec:

I checked out the actual Dr Martz, although who knows if the letter writer is the same person, and he received the Delaware Chapter award from the American College of Physicians in 1994.

The Laureate Award is designed to honor those Fellows and Masters of the American College of Physicians who have demonstrated by their example and conduct an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education, research, and services to the community, their Chapter, and the American College of Physicians.

Here is the link:
http://www.acponline.org/about_acp/chapters/de/awards.htm

So, at one point at least he practiced in Delaware. Just sayin.

 

[believe09]

As an aside, one would hope that even inmates are entitled to medical care from professionals who are not alleged multiple felons, especially when we are talking about sexual crimes of violence.

 

[Mercyneal]

As child molesters are considered the lowest of scum among prison inmates, I can't imagine they would let someone like Bradley get his hands on them. I think they'd strangle him before he had a chance to "treat" them.

Wonder if Martz is pals with Bradley?

 

[Missizzy]

kbl--I'm not done with you yet. (Does that sound like a mom, or what?) Let me clarify my point. I'm NOT seeking strokes from people that I was sold "believable goods". Yes, we've been over this before but I don't think I'm getting my point across very well. And it's very important to me that you and others do understand.

I was hoodwinked but there were worrisome signs--just like in the Bradley case. So, there's a couple of issues that need to be addressed. First, watch your kids like a hawk. Pay attention to your gut, your funny little feelings about people. If you ask your kids a question and the answer doesn't fit, don't minimize it. Check it out. I think we're clear on that.

Good parents are not infallible. Good parents are not infallible. Here's where the issues on the Bradley case come up. The parents who saw and heard "strange" things from their kids--"he hurt my heinie", "why did he kiss my tongue?"--should have set off huge clanging bells. Parents did talk, some even called in complaints but nothing was done. But everyone minimized the comments as, after all, this was a children's doctor.

Amazing how different things would have been if the doctor had been lopping off body parts. After all, he might as well have. That's hard to deny or cover up. Pedophiles know just how far to go, though, usually. They only get caught when they step over the line and get sloppy or too greedy.

Here's my theory. We see what we want to see. We try valiantly to believe the best in people. We rationalize and make excuses. I know many here on WS yell and scream that they NEVER turn their backs on their kids but they do (sorry). We all tend to put some people on pedestals--doctors, clergy, teachers, family members.

Remember that we've learned that pedophiles first groom the parents. So, we're made comfortable. And, oh, are they ever good at that. Dr. Bradley or Mr. Jones or Coach Garcia seem like charming, warm-hearted people to us. We've been ensnared. We see the good side.

Our child, on the other hand, is the prey. They see another face. They see the face of evil. They are caught in the middle of a horrific tug of war that we're not even privy to. Our child watches us closely for our response. We smile at the doctor, give the coach a hug, bring a treat to the teacher. Mom and Dad must trust this guy so what's going on, thinks the child. Am I crazy? Did I do something wrong? They are tremendously conflicted and confused.

We might ask if there's a problem but they can't quite find the words to describe their fear and worry or to describe actions which confuse them. If they tell us the doctor hurt our heinie, we soothe them and agree that exams and shots hurt...would you like to stop for some ice cream? If they tell us that the doctor kissed their tongue, we worry about that one. We might make a few calls. But we secretly try like heck to file it away in the "kids say the darnedest things" file. (Must have been the tongue depressor..must have been.) Children then begin to compartmentalize and to disassociate and to even lie. They want to smooth things out, keep Momma smiling, keep Daddy happy. Maybe Dr. Bradley or Coach Garcia will stop after all.

It all leads back to communication and vigilance. We need to drop the rose-colored glasses about professionals and beloved family members. Evil and sickness lurk everywhere....just like germs. We need to learn to carefully listen to our kids. And we've got to be relentless when we think something is wrong and not stop screaming until it's fixed or investigated.

I screwed up ROYALLY. I admit it. I was conned. Let me say it as it's cathartic to me. Where do you think my unending passion concerning this fighting this crime comes from? My innocent children were raped on MY watch. I should have listened to my gut. I should have seen some red flags. But, for whatever reason, I didn't. I was horribly naive. Many of these parents screwed up too. They should not have given their doctor their blind trust. We know now that they should have not trusted the Medical Board or Medical Society or other doctors to alert them about a dangerous doctor in their midst. Who would have guessed that or seen that coming?

I've had years to process my guilt and grief. I'm no longer tempted to put my head in the oven over it and I don't want these parents to either. Parenting is full of huge gaping pitfalls. We can't make it through without stumbling, time after time. But we do need to sit up, pay attention, and learn from our and other's mistakes.

OK, I'm done now.

 

[Missizzy]

Mercyneal--When I first read the letter you posted, I thought it was a sick joke or horrid sarcasm but I checked it out and Believe is correct. Dr. Martz did practice in Delaware. One would think that if he had anything to do with Bradley in the past, though, that he'd crawl under the nearest rock.

I liken his letter to the letters and blog posts we read on the Ayres thread--from Dr. Bryant, Dr. Diller, and Dr. Johnson. Maybe they are genuinely in shock about someone they thought they knew. Maybe Dr. Martz isn't real clear on the concept of 100s of videos and babies who stopped breathing.

He's certainly got a good deal of chutzpah to be taking a stand for Dr. Bradley at this juncture, doesn't he?

 

[Missizzy]

Have we seen this before? To which judge is this blogger referring? While I respect this woman's position as the director of a Network Against Sexual Violence, I wish she would have used a word other than "antics" to describe Bradley's crimes.



http://www.semissourian.com/blogs/gwaltney/entry/33346/

"........For the last few years law enforcement has tried to build a case against him, but could not get the support through the courts via a certain unnamed judge to continue their investigation. Dr. Bradley's colleagues didn't report him to the medical board and even though his sister did, nothing was done. Shocking! No not really. It seems Dr. Bradley even left the state of Pennsylvania for some odd reason and moved to Delaware....."

more at link

 

[kbl8201]

ms iz, i really dont know what to say anymore. i might not be a parent, but i was a kid once. i remember what it felt like to be abused (not sexually) and then ignored when i went to someone who i was supposed to trust and tell them.

i didnt give 'warning signs'. i just flat out said it. and i wasnt believed, and that hurt like hell. hell it still hurts now. if i had been a girl and some doctor had done what this freak did to all this girls i would have screamed it to the cows came home and i probably STILL Wouldnt have gotten anywhere. so believe it or not, im much more sympathetic with your situation then with any of the parents here.

 

[Missizzy]

kbl--I'm not attacking you. You understand all too well, I think. I'm so sorry to belabor this but I didn't believe the hints my children gave me. And that's when they were--just hints. "He hit my head", "He swung me around too hard", "He called me a bad name and laughed at me when I cried". Next door neighbor stuff. I dealt with it but didn't look further, didn't ask more questions--just like the Dad who had the baby girl complain to him twice about the doctor hurting her.

You said, "Why couldn't Stevie Wonder see that? Well, I wonder why not too.

I'm so sorry you were not believed. I believe you now. Oh, if only children were fitted with little mikes and cameras which parents could download every night. We do it with bears and tortoises. If the person you confided in could have heard the abuse or if my children's daily video feed showed molestation, things would have been far different.

It's hard to deny abuse when a child flees a squalid closet and rides her bike 13 miles looking for help and when an exam turns up marks all over her. Those cases are tragic but nobody second guesses. I'm hoping that these videos of Dr. Bradley can somehow be shown (in some re-formatted way) to the public and interspersed with video of the doctor with his typical flaky demeanor. Now, wouldn't that be helpful and instructive?

I'm just trying to walk a fine line between throttling parents who don't listen and letting them understand that I get it--it's not easy to hear or know what to do.

Still friends?

 

[kbl8201]

kbl--I'm not attacking you. You understand all too well, I think. I'm so sorry to belabor this but I didn't believe the hints my children gave me. And that's when they were--just hints. "He hit my head", "He swung me around too hard", "He called me a bad name and laughed at me when I cried". Next door neighbor stuff. I dealt with it but didn't look further, didn't ask more questions--just like the Dad who had the baby girl complain to him twice about the doctor hurting her.

You said, "Why couldn't Stevie Wonder see that? Well, I wonder why not too.

I'm so sorry you were not believed. I believe you now. Oh, if only children were fitted with little mikes and cameras which parents could download every night. We do it with bears and tortoises. If the person you confided in could have heard the abuse or if my children's daily video feed showed molestation, things would have been far different.

It's hard to deny abuse when a child flees a squalid closet and rides her bike 13 miles looking for help and when an exam turns up marks all over her. Those cases are tragic but nobody second guesses. I'm hoping that these videos of Dr. Bradley can somehow be shown (in some re-formatted way) to the public and interspersed with video of the doctor with his typical flaky demeanor. Now, wouldn't that be helpful and instructive?

I'm just trying to walk a fine line between throttling parents who don't listen and letting them understand that I get it--it's not easy to hear or know what to do.

Still friends?

of course we're still friends.

its just, and please do correct me if im wrong, you kids never said something like 'he hurt my pee pee' and the kid never fingered them while you were standing there watching (as one mother did in this case). there's a big diffrence between ignoring warning signs, and ignoring the iceberg hitting the titanic...

 

[Missizzy]

No they didn't. You are correct. But parents are tough on themselves. And it felt like the Titanic when the truth came out. Sometimes we forget to mention how angry and disappointed parents can be with their kids when they don't tell. One clear word and it would have stopped. As you can see the dynamics and emotions get totally screwed up and take years to heal.

 

[kbl8201]

well when the kids tell and get ignored, whats the use of telling again?

 

[Mercyneal]

I personally know of instances in the Ayres case where the kids told their parents they were molested and they were not believed. Or the parent did nothing.

Unfortunately, when the abuser is in a position of power, this is what happens time and time again.

 

[Mercyneal]

I think someone should complain about Dr. Martz's letter to the Medical Board. This is truly outrageous. The guy is worried about Bradley's medical skills "fading" and his medical school expenses. Where is his concern and compassion for the victims?

 

[Angel4u2Whisper2]

As an aside, one would hope that even inmates are entitled to medical care from professionals who are not alleged multiple felons, especially when we are talking about sexual crimes of violence.

That aside, although I believe you are correct. If they were in dire need of medical care and thought for one minute it was life threating, I betcha it wouldn't matter to them what he was in for. :twocents:

 

[believe09]

I spent some time checking around to see what I could learn about Dr Wayne Martz. If I didnt know he was in internal medicine, I would think he was a surgeon or a neurologist-there is a distinct lack of "bed side manner" to his writing, lol. Dr. Martz appears to be old school Internal Medicine. He participated in studies on prednisone and arthritis from a long time ago...(if I have the right guy-I am not a great sleuther.) His general attitude is kind of that Ayn Rand/cost benefit analysis approach...why waste some perfectly servicable skills?

Here is why-there is nothing that indicates Bradley was a particularly adept diagnostician. There is quite a bit of evidence that indicates Bradley's medical degree was obtained solely to give him access to young females...by and large. there is every indication that Bradley obtained a medical degree to support his life as a serial child rapist who raped with such violence, at least 5 of his victims passed out or STOPPED BREATHING. Further, Bradley clearly was more interested in being a pornographer, whether or not they find evidence of him sharing his crimes with others.

Bradley is a MONSTEROUS failure in the medical world. He is also a monsterous failure in society. As is Ayres, Levine and countless others. The AMA and the APA best take some quick steps to determine how to weed these guys out-the victims here cannot be considered "collateral damage" to some missteps in the "reporting process." All of these guys had prior reports made. All of these victims were miserably failed.

We have to demand that those who have the access to the licensing and monitoring of these folks DO BETTER.

JMVHO.

 

[Mercyneal]

Martz sounds as if he is still in denial. I think he must have known Bradley, and to that end still can't wrap his head around what he did. So he's clinging to the old reality of Bradley being a legit doctor, with medical school expenses.

I mean honestly- he's worried about Bradley's skills fading? Cam Martz be any more disconnected?

I sent a copy of his letter to both the Delaware Medical Board ( I think Martz is licensed to practice there) and the Pennsylvania Medical Board.

It's this kind of attitude that is pervasive among doctors- a knee jerk instinct to protect their own. Even though there are mandated laws in place, it still hasn't motivated them to report misdeeds by their colleagues.

 

[Missizzy]

Believe, remember my post over on the Ayres thread about the absolute lack of bedside manner I've encountered in many "brain" guys? I've been told repeatedly by my GP that this field is often sought out by those with challenges in social graces--now recognized as possibly being on the spectrum.

Martz's letter, when read through that lens, starts to make more sense. He has NO grasp of the human pain here. He obviously does not understand how shocking his words are as they make sense to him. He just sees the concrete "loss". Just a thought.

Anyway, I'm sure there must be some fabulously bright internal medicine specialists who fit that same profile. The study of medicine requires such a bright mind and with the bright mind one does not always find kindness or compassion.

 

[Salem]

well when the kids tell and get ignored, whats the use of telling again?

O/T - This, in my opinion, is the question of the century and it needs to be asked and answered over and over and over until we teach parents, CPS/DHS, and others that ignoring children is unexcuseable.

(((kbl8201)))

Salem

 

[Missizzy]

Believe, you brought up a good point about the children who stopped breathing. I've seen several posts following news articles where people don't understand that. They say, "How could that be?" and "How could they stop breathing?".

Sadly many don't understand that Dr. Bradley's forced and often violent oral sex with infants and toddlers caused them to stop breathing. Their little mouths were too tiny. It's heartbreakingly sad and disgusting but needs to be kept in the forefront of this case IMO. That's the level of total disregard for little human beings inside this monster's brain.