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

[impatientredhead]

It's a confusing article, but I don't think he moved the practice into his own house.

http://spotlight.vitals.com/

There is a youtube video at this link that shows the office, which is in a house, but I am not sure it is the same one from the blog about his residence.

 

[Missizzy]

http://www.delawareonline.com/comme...laware-crime-Baby-doctor-faces-26-new-charges

Read the two posts by dbbeachbaby on 12/19. This is written by a former patient's parent. The one below is actually the first posted. Very interesting. Note this:

"He went into detail explaining that he lived very close to the hospital (a few houses away, in fact) so that if there was ever an emergency he would be available."



Just a question for the locals. Is the current clinic/office close to the house? Is there any possibility that there's a tunnel between the two? I lived in NJ for a while as a child and was absolutely fascinated by a neighbor's 200 year old house which had a tunnel running to a smaller house nearby. IIRC, this had something to do with the Revolutionary War. Just a thought.

 

[Missizzy]

I've collected more than I'd like to admit of books about sex offenders, predators, and pedophiles over the years. I just went and checked my bookshelf and these are the ones that I recommend the most. Let me warn you, knowledge will frighten you. These people are everywhere. While ignorance might be bliss, knowledge saves children.

"Identifying Child Molesters: Preventing Child Sexual Abuse by Recognizing the Patterns of the Offenders" ~ Carla van Dam

"Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, And Other Sex Offenders" ~ Anna Salter (I've loaned out so many copies of this and it never comes back--probably my favorite)

"The Socially Skilled Child Molester: Differentiating the Guilty from the Falsely Accused" ~ Carla Van Dam (this one will rattle you and keep you up at night, they're sooo good at their crime)

A lot of libraries have these books or can borrow them from another branch for you. I've found that it's important to read them more than once ie. when your child enters a new developmental stage.

I think those who really feel that they are protecting their children by constant supervision will be shocked by what really goes on--the swimming coach who's fondling the pre-teen as her smiling mom looks on, the scout leader who helps out the single mom by being a father figure to the boys, the most popular teacher at church school who the kids literally clamber to be with.

You just don't look at things the same way after you've read these. Let me know what you think.

Just a note: We have a rule in our house that these books and all the files and documents related to our trial are kept in a special box in our storage area. They are not left lying about. They are not kept in our bedroom. They are not pleasant books to read or to see. They are definitely not for children or for teens. I've recently passed on the second one to my adult daughter who has a 7 year old. She read it and called me crying and said, "Why do I even try?"

How can you not?

 

[Missizzy]

Mysteriew--I was totally agreeing with you until I got to your final sentence:

"Or even maybe she needs to have a little chat with her kids and use some leading questions"

I'd like to address that statement. I've been told many many times over the last eleven years that there's only one reason that our children's rapist was convicted on so many first degree rapes/sex abuse charges and went on to do 10 years and to be a lifetime RSO. It's because their testimony was not tainted.

Now, it's a given that I had eight little ones all close in age and they were all abused around the same time. All hell could have broken out. From the first disclosure and the trip to the therapist the next morning to repeat the disclosure, I asked no questions. None. The therapist took the report and called police. Our son was taken to the CAC and questioned privately and videotaped. He then went for an exam and had all his STD/HIV tests done.

We were cautioned and warned NOT to speak about this to any of the younger children. We had to even separate the older boy so he wouldn't discuss this (as if he wanted to!!) with his siblings. When it started to dawn on the younger kids that R, the neighbor teen, was not at home, we told them that R had done some things that worried some people and that he'd gone to talk to some people to help him. One by one, over the next 7-10 days, the other children came to us and told us that they needed to talk.

Once or twice, a child would tell us something they'd seen happen to another child but we never asked. I wrote down every single thing the children said to me. And I only spoke to them privately. I spent so much time in my study, I thought I lived in there. I would act as if I was writing an article on the computer (which they were used to me doing) and they'd sit down across from me. They would start talking and I'd start typing.

I'd learned in a sex abuse workshop, a few years earlier, not to make eye contact nor show emotion and it worked. They would ramble on and tell me their stories. I'd look up and smile at them or act confused and say things like "I wonder what that was all about?", "What does that mean?", and "Then what happened?" I don't think they ever knew what I was writing.

The lack of my focus on them seemed to help with the shame and they really opened up. Each evening after they'd gone to bed, the police came by and picked up the notes. I still have files filled with all the copies--one for each child. The next day, the child would be kept home from school and be taken to the children's advocacy center. We had to rely on friends to help us keep the children separated and from talking.

My point here is you have to know what you want to happen. If you want to go throttle the molester, I guess go for it. If you want the abuse simply to stop, go ahead and ask leading questions, call the police, and let them handle it. The problem with leading questions, though, is that they'll almost all be thrown out at court as you'll be accused of "planting a seed" and what was told to you under those circumstances is considered somewhat coerced. I had to learn fast. We made the decision on the first day that we wanted this rapist to get treatment.

We also had reason to believe after the first disclosure that more special needs children were involved. We couldn't screw it up for them. We followed the rules to the letter. The DA's, the local police, and the CAC backed us up every single day. It took 10 months to get to trial (and nothing new that came out in that 10 months was included in the charges) and nine days in trial but the vast majority of those initial disclosures held up.

It was hell but the children won.

Even with the incredible lengths my husband and I went to in keeping the testimony untainted, we still were given a horribly hard time by the defense. They refused to believe that we'd prevented the children from talking. They accused the children of trying to get our attention and of making up stories. This was insane as the children actually expressed the fact that they missed their "friend". Every single one of them started their disclosures haltingly and saying, "I really don't want to get R in trouble". The defense simply had no idea what life was like in our home for those 10 months. And that's why only the initial disclosures were used.

I've often said, only partly in jest, that if another child ever came to me with a disclosure, I'd ask them to wait a moment until we got a police officer and a video-tape ready. I'm not kidding. The system was not set out to be child or family friendly. It's set up purely to get a conviction. The Crime Victims Advocacy group is who you need to call when you need support or you feel yourself faltering. LE and your DA are only looking for untainted facts.

 

[Filly]

A metal suit of armor stands on the front porch of Dr. Earl Bradley’s house across from the firehouse on Savannah Road in Lewes. It’s always struck me as a curiosity. Now, given the unbelievable sex crime charges filed against the doctor, the suit of armor symbolizes something far more sinister. For years, perhaps decades, no one knew or was willing to confront the monster that videos in police possession indicate existed inside the man. As for the medieval armor, the slit in the metal across the eyes offered at least a little opportunity to see the man within. For his personal armor, Dr. Bradley dressed his life with innocent cartoon characters to more insidiously camouflage the horror that seethed inside.
The front porch of the house reveals more of the man’s contradictory nature. In the window beside the suit of armor, a smiling Santa Claus figure looks to the world outside – another clue into the psyche of a twisted mind.
A further look around Dr. Bradley’s residence on Sunday morning, the grounds crusted with snow, showed a property not consistent with what you think of as a doctor’s house. The old house needs a lot of work. The ’70s-era aluminum siding is dirty, a back fence is broken down. A new boat and trailer fill much of the back yard with its collection of ill-kept small sheds. A lawn mower sits forlornly and askew, as if the gas had run out and the owner just walked away from it where it sat, without another thought – or, perhaps, with many other thoughts. The overall sense of the place is dysfunctional.
Several years ago, not long after he moved his BayBees pediatrics practice into the house on Route 1 where many recent crimes allegedly took place, Dr. Bradley and office staff entered the Lewes Christmas Parade. His float was one of the most unusual that has ever participated in the parade. He had cartoon characters aboard the wagon and other items drawing attention to his BayBees practice. Most noteworthy however was a picture screen at the front of the float. The doctor had rigged up a generator-powered video camera and had it positioned in such a way that it broadcast images of the parade in real time on the screen.
We know, now, based on court documents, that Dr. Bradley used those same technical skills with the video equipment to record his own deviant sexual crimes against the youngest of children. Trying to conceive of the mind that conjures and acts on these thoughts sends the brain toward shutdown.
Most of us have probably thought we would never encounter a real monster in our lives. Now it’s clear that we have.
There have long been clues that this odd character wasn’t in synch with the rest of the world around him. Now the community is asking itself how long these crimes have been part of his world and why we didn’t detect their horrible extent before now?

Note by me- Does this say he was practicing out of his own home as of late? That might explain the staff, the leaving the room with the child. Almost makes it weirder though.

God Bless those poor kids. I am praying they get the right help. The right therapy.

With PTSD you can get flashbacks. Just smells or a certain object and let me tell you that creepy knight would stand out in any child's mind to begin with. You're attacked by a "trusted professional" and years later you're at a Renissance Faire or something? I shudder to think.

Those poor kids. That's just scarry looking to me now.

 

[txsvicki]

There's no way I'd ever believe the comments on his ratings or that they are in any way honest. The comments on the perv's ratings by supposed parents were probably written by him, but one mentioned Medicaid. He was just some pedophile who got a license, started a practice in a crappy building probably connected to an empty section and accepted Medicaid. Many parents may have had limited English, were young, less educated, and probably had trouble finding an actual pediatrician who accepted Medicaid. They were his prey. I still say the office workers or nurse knew that he was taking the kids totally out of the area and knew full well that he should have had the treats or prizes right there in the office. They should be charged or sued with something IMO and I hope he gets the living daylights beat out of him every day from now on. Plus, I hope the authorities who beat around the bush with this or in any way contributed over the past year ( was probably even longer or happened in other towns previously if the truth ever comes out) have insomnia for the rest of their lives, lose their careers, and end up cleaning toilets or something.

 

[believe09]

I don't for a second believe the parents knew their 2 year old was abused but took her back there because they had no choice due to their medical insurance.
First she complained to her father, who probably didn't take it seriously. The second time she complained to the mother who then called the father, found out the child complained before, and took it seriously.

Know what I think? Her congenital issue had to do with, perhaps, her genitals. My daughter had low estrogen when born and parts of her genitals were stuck together. Ultimately, she needed some estrogen cream and it resolved itself...but you get where I am going with this? What if the toddler had a small urethra or something along these lines-an uncomfortable exam would have been expected to a certain degree. So I am willing to believe that he targeted some of his patients based on some specific issue where discomfort post exam would not draw too much attention. Or, as in the case of the infant, the child could not speak about it. Like what if the 12/13 year old was there for a GYN exam...

God In Heaven.

 

[jjenny]

Know what I think? Her congenital issue had to do with, perhaps, her genitals. My daughter had low estrogen when born and parts of her genitals were stuck together. Ultimately, she needed some estrogen cream and it resolved itself...but you get where I am going with this? What if the toddler had a small urethra or something along these lines-an uncomfortable exam would have been expected to a certain degree. So I am willing to believe that he targeted some of his patients based on some specific issue where discomfort post exam would not draw too much attention. Or, as in the case of the infant, the child could not speak about it. Like what if the 12/13 year old was there for a GYN exam...

God In Heaven.

There is a link provided on this thread with the documents, that talks about the condition she had. She did have an issue with her genitals.

 

[believe09]

Thanks jjenny. I missed the link-I am not going to lie...I am having a very hard time with this story. I wonder if the guy is a classic pedophile or he has simply chosen victims who are least likely to fight back against his assaults. Maybe that sounds stupid, but I am having a hard time expressing myself.

 

[Linda7NJ]

After lunch with her mother, the victim told her mother Bradley had hurt her while in the basement. The mother called the father, who said his daughter had complained of the same thing after being examined by Bradley Oct. 28.


http://www.capegazette.com/storiescu...bradley18.html

WHAT?????????????????????????

 

[Missizzy]

Linda--I think I know what you're thinking (correct me if I'm wrong). Why in the heck would the Dad not go directly to the police? I think I understand.

One of my daughters, at the time of the abuse--age 8 (but deaf, with cerebral palsy and an IQ of 50, she continues at age 21 to function much as a 6 year old)--came to me and directly and clearly reported that R had hurt her head. I looked at her forehead and put an icepack on it. There was clearly a bump.

I told one of the other children to go get R for me. He came to the back door looking sheepish. I was not happy and jumped all over him and asked him what had happened. He told me that my daughter had asked him to "flip" her as he had several of the kids and that he'd accidentally bumped her head on a pile of 2 x 4s my contractor husband had piled behind the house. He apologized to her and asked very nicely if he could bring her a chocolate. I agreed that that would be OK. I warned him to be more careful.

Well, fast forward to the trial. Remember, I was not privy to what was said in the police interviews. The day came for playing the video of the police interviewing that daughter. Can you imagine my absolute shock upon hearing my little girl talking about R hurting her head while he raped her and told her she was a "". She described in detail how he had raped her from behind and had continuously banged her little head on the wood. I about collapsed in the courtroom when the detectives on the tape went on to ask her if she'd told anyone about it. She answered that she'd gone right in the house and told her Mommy. When they asked her what her Mommy had said, she told them that Mommy had told Ryan to be more careful.

God help me, I've never forgotten that. My baby girl told me in the only words she knew that she was hurt and I sent her back out to play with the monster who raped her, denigrated her and terrorized her.

So, trust me, this father will never forgive himself for minimizing and rationalizing his daughter's report. I can't forgive myself for that one. I never will.

 

[Missizzy]

Charges seem to be mounting:

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/...d+of+sexually+abusing+16+patients++police+say

"Lewes pediatrician Earl B. Bradley is now suspected of raping or molesting at least 16 patients, and more victims could be discovered in the widening investigation, according to court documents obtained Monday."



I don't think "could" is the correct word here. It's got to be "will".

 

[justice77]

Linda--I think I know what you're thinking (correct me if I'm wrong). Why in the heck would the Dad not go directly to the police? I think I understand.

One of my daughters, at the time of the abuse--age 8 (but deaf, with cerebral palsy and an IQ of 50, she continues at age 21 to function much as a 6 year old)--came to me and directly and clearly reported that R had hurt her head. I looked at her forehead and put an icepack on it. There was clearly a bump.

I told one of the other children to go get R for me. He came to the back door looking sheepish. I was not happy and jumped all over him and asked him what had happened. He told me that my daughter had asked him to "flip" her as he had several of the kids and that he'd accidentally bumped her head on a pile of 2 x 4s my contractor husband had piled behind the house. He apologized to her and asked very nicely if he could bring her a chocolate. I agreed that that would be OK. I warned him to be more careful.

Well, fast forward to the trial. Remember, I was not privy to what was said in the police interviews. The day came for playing the video of the police interviewing that daughter. Can you imagine my absolute shock upon hearing my little girl talking about R hurting her head while he raped her and told her she was a "". She described in detail how he had raped her from behind and had continuously banged her little head on the wood. I about collapsed in the courtroom when the detectives on the tape went on to ask her if she'd told anyone about it. She answered that she'd gone right in the house and told her Mommy. When they asked her what her Mommy had said, she told them that Mommy had told Ryan to be more careful.

God help me, I've never forgotten that. My baby girl told me in the only words she knew that she was hurt and I sent her back out to play with the monster who raped her, denigrated her and terrorized her.

So, trust me, this father will never forgive himself for minimizing and rationalizing his daughter's report. I can't forgive myself for that one. I never will.

Oh my dear god how awful. I can't even express my sorrow for you and your daughter.

 

[Missizzy]

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/...d+of+sexually+abusing+16+patients++police+say


"Searches last week of his Coastal Highway office and of his Savannah Road home in Lewes uncovered evidence of further abuse, court documents said..."

and

'......the doctor said he had computers at his house that he uses to remotely connect to his office.

Police searched the three-story home at about 9:45 a.m. on Dec. 17, looking for computer or video evidence of child . Bradley's son, one of the doctor's four grown children, signed the document that listed the items seized. During the search, officers took several computers, laptops, still and video cameras, more than 100 DVD and VHS tapes and dozens of reel-to-reel films."


This answers the question that was posed about the house and clinic being separate. It also mentions a son, one of four adult children. I think that we need to prepare ourselves for hearing about more victims. That's a lot of of evidence.

 

[Missizzy]

I find two females with the same last name as the doctor listed as living at his residence but no males. They are described as being 18-24.

Also, there's an address for Lewes Pediatrics at 1535 Savannah and Dr. Bradley listed as the doctor. BayBees Pediatrics (why does that name grate on me so?) is listed at 18259 Coastal Hwy. There's another listing for Dr. Bradley at 1447 Kings Hwy.

I also found a man with the same last name who shares a residence with an E. Bradley at another address in town.

 

[Linda7NJ]

Linda--I think I know what you're thinking (correct me if I'm wrong). Why in the heck would the Dad not go directly to the police? I think I understand.

One of my daughters, at the time of the abuse--age 8 (but deaf, with cerebral palsy and an IQ of 50, she continues at age 21 to function much as a 6 year old)--came to me and directly and clearly reported that R had hurt her head. I looked at her forehead and put an icepack on it. There was clearly a bump.

I told one of the other children to go get R for me. He came to the back door looking sheepish. I was not happy and jumped all over him and asked him what had happened. He told me that my daughter had asked him to "flip" her as he had several of the kids and that he'd accidentally bumped her head on a pile of 2 x 4s my contractor husband had piled behind the house. He apologized to her and asked very nicely if he could bring her a chocolate. I agreed that that would be OK. I warned him to be more careful.

Well, fast forward to the trial. Remember, I was not privy to what was said in the police interviews. The day came for playing the video of the police interviewing that daughter. Can you imagine my absolute shock upon hearing my little girl talking about R hurting her head while he raped her and told her she was a "". She described in detail how he had raped her from behind and had continuously banged her little head on the wood. I about collapsed in the courtroom when the detectives on the tape went on to ask her if she'd told anyone about it. She answered that she'd gone right in the house and told her Mommy. When they asked her what her Mommy had said, she told them that Mommy had told Ryan to be more careful.

God help me, I've never forgotten that. My baby girl told me in the only words she knew that she was hurt and I sent her back out to play with the monster who raped her, denigrated her and terrorized her.

So, trust me, this father will never forgive himself for minimizing and rationalizing his daughter's report. I can't forgive myself for that one. I never will.

No, I didn't mean that I thought he should have went straight to the police.

I was just saying, if your child said someone hurt their private part....I would ask more questions and would be all ears. I also think it should have been at least mentioned and discussed with the spouse.

 

[not_my_kids]

His victim base is very large. Odd for a typical pedo.
I bet he's either taking requests for videos, or just monitoring the market and making whatever is selling the most, or he's not turned on by the kids themselves like most pedos, he's turned on by the authority he has over them.

 

[Dani_md]

I just want to say that my cousin's stepson was a patient of this monster. From birth to 3 years. Once my cousin started taking him to his Dr's appts her hinky meter went off and they pulled him out 5 years ago! Unfortunately, his 3 yr old step brother was a patient there currently. I don't know if anything has happened or not with either and really don't want to know!

My 15 month old has a male pediatrician. When he examines her she is in my arms. She moves around way too much. She screams the whole time until he distances himself. She does that with every man. The nurse takes her to get her weight, height and head circumference. I go into the room with her. She cries during that too. Last week was the 15 month check up. My lil one did a surprise in her diaper which I left the bag in the car thinking it was just a quick visit. Since it was freezing and she had no shoes or jacket on the nurse offered to stay with her. They stayed in the hallway watching me the whole time as I ran to the car which was parked right in front of the window. My daughter screamed "mama" the whole time. The nurse is also the one who gives every single shot. When we leave and go to the receptionist to make the next appt, the receptionist is the one who gives her a toy (like a bracelet) or a sticker. She is never left alone with anyone unless it is a situation like the other day. Of course the pediatrician is the same one I had as a child and most of his staff were also there as I was a child. Doesn't mean he is not capable, but the nurse was in the hall way right by the receptionist office, so even knowing about Dr. Bradley last week when I went to my pediatrician I still had trust in the staff!

 

[not_my_kids]

Dani - you are very trusting. I am glad that you feel that secure with others.
I never will.

 

[Linda7NJ]

His victim base is very large. Odd for a typical pedo.
I bet he's either taking requests for videos, or just monitoring the market and making whatever is selling the most, or he's not turned on by the kids themselves like most pedos, he's turned on by the authority he has over them.

I don't think he was selling anything. I think they were for his personal use. Most pedophiles are collectors.