The top U.S. Indian Health Service official pledged before Congress to fix problems that allowed a doctor who sexually abused children while working for the agency to evade punishment
Rear Adm. Michael Weahkee, head of the Indian Health Service, said the agency’s transfer of problem staff members would end. Photo: Mike Shum/Frontline/WSJ 2 Comments By Christopher Weaver and Dan Frosch March 12, 2019 6:45 p.m. ET The top U.S. Indian Health Service official pledged before Congress on Tuesday to fix problems that allowed a doctor who sexually abused children while working for the agency to evade punishment.
Adm. Weahkee, the acting IHS director since 2017, said transfers of problem staff would end: “It will not be tolerated to pass that bad lemon while I am in this seat.” Adm. Weahkee promised to do so, and he detailed plans to hire a contractor that would conduct an independent investigation into “where the breakdowns occurred and who should be held accountable.”
Mr. Weber was convicted in Montana of sexually abusing two boys and faces another federal trial this year for similar abuses in South Dakota. He is appealing the Montana verdict.
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