Illustrations by Richard Watkins / AJC
Part 1: License to betray | July 6, 2016
License to betray: A broken system forgives doctors in every state
How common is doctor sex abuse?
Journalist's discovery in Georgia sparked AJC's national investigation
Video: When a system is broken, 'I can't trust those in power'
Video: Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Kevin Riley talks about this project
Repeat Ga. offender still licensed to treat patients
Video: Despite problems over 3 decades, doctor still practicing in Metro Atlanta
Reputation no indicator of likelihood to offend
High-profile doctors who sexually abused their patients
Here are the excuses offered by doctors caught in the act
Video: Actual excuses from the records
Profession condemns abuse, but resists solutions
Not a new problem: Earlier coverage of doctor sexual abuse
Video: The lasting impact sexual abuse has on victims
Dangerous doctors, flawed data
Fact-checking the National Practitioner Data Bank
Repeat offenders often targeted vulnerable patients
Video: How the AJC got hard-to-find information on problems with doctors
Cases and stories from across the nation
In Texas, 17 patients claim abuse, but doctor still practices
How a small town brought sex-abusing doctor to justice
Video: Winning 'detective lottery' in a small Ohio town
A radio show’s discussion leads to arrest of DeKalb Co. pediatrician
How an undercover GBI agent posed as a patient to catch abusive doctor
Video: Former undercover agent talks about how she helped nab sexually abusive doctor
Video: How a radio show led to pediatrician’s arrest
Resources for patients
What are safe protocols for full physical exams?
During breast exams, what are the proper protocols?
Patients may find it difficult to learn if their doctor has been accused
If you have been sexually abused by your doctor, here's what you should know
Part 2: Illness or a crime | Aug. 24, 2016
Patients violated, doctors rehabilitated: Abusers go to therapy, return to practice
Yoga, time with horses among therapies for doctors who violated patients
6 ways sexually abusive doctors may be restricted when they return to practice
Ga. doctor is leading advocate for rehabilitation.
No report, no justice: Doctors slip through cracks as regulators fail to notify police
Some doctors still practice after being arrested
Psychiatrist manipulated women into sex with tales of witchcraft
Video: Woman abused by Kentucky doctor comes forward, and others follow
Part 3: State Secrets | Sept. 22, 2016
System shields abusive doctors nationwide, leaving patients in the dark about troubled past
From kidnapper to doctor: Patients unaware of physician’s notorious crime
Gaps, cloaks and barriers: Why it’s so difficult to learn about your doctor's tarnished record
Video: Gynecologist with Piedmont Healthcare answers questions about what should happen in an exam room
Part 4: Failing Grades | Nov. 17, 2016
We grade every state on how well it protects patients
State-by-state analysis shows faulty framework, dangerous gaps
Convicted Georgia doctor goes to prison, but now is allowed to practice again
Video: ʻPimp with a prescription pad’: The story of Dr. Dekle
Part 5: Hurt that doesn’t heal | Dec. 9, 2016
In their own words: 6 women, 6 stories of pain
Prestige protects even the most abusive doctors
’A stuporous nightmare’: Abused and sterilized by her doctor
Atlantan says the hospital believed its doctor instead of his victims
AJC Doctors & Sex Abuse investigation sparks improved patient protection
Video: ʻA voice for the victims’: Atlanta woman’s battle in Wisconsin
Part 6: Still forgiven | April 26, 2018
Still forgiven, no reform
He was caught on video, but Georgia doctor kept his medical license
Doctors cut deals for sex crimes
Updates and News
Feb. 2, 2018: Did Georgia go easy on a dangerous doctor?
Jan. 30, 2018: Ex-con Georgia doctor may have committed his last crime
Oct. 17, 2017: Former medical examiner Joe Burton charged in drugs-for-sex case
Sept. 6, 2017: More murders and new sex charged added in case against Clayton County psychiatrist
Aug. 24, 2017: Georgia doctor fails polygraph on sex with patients
Aug. 1, 2017: Georgia doctor’s license suspended in sexual misconduct case
June 21, 2017: With brief statement, GA. medical board ends sex abuse study
June 5, 2017: AMA tackles sex abuse – of doctors, by doctors
Dec. 28, 2016: Some moms accusing doctor of groping say he violated kids, too
Oct. 19, 2016: Sex abuse allegations: Can you believe these women?
Oct. 3, 2016: Multiple rape charges not enough to stop doctor from practicing
Sept. 30, 2016: Doctor told police his patients were witches, years before alleged sex abuse
Sept 26, 2016: Meeting a doctor who kidnapped a college kid
Sept.1, 2016: Atlanta doctor accused of molesting a boy 32 years ago in Boston
Aug. 29, 2016: If they weren’t doctors, some sex abusers might be facing police
July 19, 2016: Georgia medical board to review sexual misconduct cases
July 12, 2016: Reaction to series: Change needed now
July 8, 2016: More on why numbers can’t tell the whole story
July 6, 2016: Parallels between church scandal and doctors sex-abuse investigation
July 6, 2016: AJC investigation featured on ‘Good Morning America’
From other news organizations
Parents of Nassar victims protest at MSU trustees meeting
Former Capital Health doctor charged with patient sex assaults
Little Rock doctor arrested in sex case agrees not to practice medicine until case resolved
State asked to revoke medical licenses of Santa Cruz brain surgeon accused of child rape
Patients sue Florida doc accused of sexual assaults during coloscopies
Redding doctor faces 50 felonies in teen sex case
Naperville doctor accused of sexually abusing patients pleads guilty to felony battery charges
Fertility doctor who spent the past 40 years impregnating women with his own sperm without them knowing is spared jail
Kingsville doctor accused of sexual assault arrested again
Former Pine Ridge pediatrician facing new child sexual abuse charges in Montana
Bail revoked for Corpus Christi doctor accused of sexual assault
Additional charges certified against Albemarle doctor accused of sexually assaulting patients
Records reveal hospital debate over sexual misconduct allegations
Miss. board to study whether legislation is needed to strengthen patient protection
Illinois regulators say psychiatrist sexually abused patients, overprescribed drugs
$1 million bond set for ex-USA Gymnastics doctor accused of sexual assault
Oregon doctor with history of complaints charged with sexually abusing two patients
Connecticut physician is charged with sexual assault of a male patient
West Virginia physician charged with sexual abuse of minor
Pediatrician in Pa. arrested on child pornography charges
Ala. doctor, 81, facing sexual abuse, child pornography charges
Suspended Pa. doctor takes plea deal in child sex abuse case
How Texas failed to protect boys from a doctor at a state facility
North Georgia doctor sexually abused patients, but still practicing
Florida allows doctors accused of sex abuse to keep working
Flaws in Ohio system allow disciplined doctors to keep practicing
Dayton physician exposed his genitals to children, others for years