Psychiatric hospital worker charged with molesting patients
SEATTLE — Prosecutors have charged an employee at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital with four counts of molesting four female patients, according to court records made public Friday.
Christopher Conley, 47, was charged on Thursday with taking “indecent liberties” with the four women between April 1 and May 8 while working as a Psychiatric Security Attendant, according to charging documents filed by Pierce County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Erica Eggertsen.
Western State Hospital’s security learned about the claims made by two patients on May 8 and conducted an investigation. During that probe, two other patients made similar claims.
The 800-bed facility is already under scrutiny by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services over concerns involving patient safety. Officials at the Lakewood hospital have signed a detailed agreement with federal regulators to fix safety problems or lose millions of federal dollars.
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