A aesculapian adjunct from East Boston who was charged with rape past week was arraigned Monday successful transportation with a caller allegation of indecent battle and artillery connected different diligent astatine the Back Bay wellness session wherever helium worked, prosecutors said.
Damien Knighton, 39, was arraigned connected 1 number of indecent battle and artillery successful the Roxbury part of Boston Municipal Court, the Suffolk territory attorney’s bureau said successful a statement.
He was released connected idiosyncratic recognizance and ordered to person nary unsupervised entree to patients and nary interaction with the victim, prosecutors said. He is acceptable to spell backmost to tribunal Feb. 23.
Knighton’s lawyer declined to remark connected the case.
The alleged incidental that led to the caller complaint took spot earlier the incidental for which Knighton was charged and arraigned past week. A diligent told prosecutors that the alleged battle occurred aft helium went to the MGH Back Bay Health Center connected Commonwealth Avenue connected Jan. 12, six days earlier the different incident, the connection said.
There, helium was taken to an exam country wherever Knighton, a aesculapian adjunct astatine the practice, allegedly told him to instrumentality disconnected his underwear for a tegument check, according to prosecutors. Knighton allegedly examined the man’s genitals and performed a rectal exam, prosecutors said.
The diligent came guardant to constabulary aft proceeding astir Knighton’s apprehension past week, prosecutors said. On Thursday, Knighton was ordered held successful lieu of $5,000 bail connected charges of rape and indecent battle and artillery against different diligent astatine the practice, the Globe reported.
In that case, Boston constabulary went to the session Wednesday day and spoke with a unfortunate who said helium was assaulted during a follow-up assignment for an wounded to his enarthrosis and leg, prosecutors said.
Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden is asking immoderate patients who deliberation they whitethorn person been assaulted successful akin circumstances to interaction the Boston Police Department’s Sexual Assault Unit astatine 617-343-4400, the connection said.
“We’re asking anyone who whitethorn present recognize that they were victimized successful a akin mode by this idiosyncratic to interaction the police,” Hayden said successful a statement. “We don’t cognize if determination are further victims, but if determination are, we anticipation they travel guardant to supply accusation astir what happened to them.”
Officials astatine Massachusetts General Hospital, which operates the clinic, did not instantly respond to a petition for remark connected Monday. Last week the infirmary said it had placed an worker connected permission pending an investigation, though it did not place Knighton by name.
Breanne Kovatch tin beryllium reached astatine breanne.kovatch@globe.com. Follow her connected Twitter astatine @breannekovatch.
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