Am I being gullible here? This one is a tough one for me. I need to do more research and learn more details. Dr. Tubbs (not sure if his license has been revoked) seems to have been a kind and caring husband, father and doctor. The fact that he stayed by his wife as caregiver is applaudable (it is in most of our marriage vows, however). His patients are jumping to support him and I have no doubt that he was a great guy.....with them. However, I somehow doubt that a judge would sentence him if he truly "immediately deleted" the child *advertiser censored* photos. Couldn't that be determined by a thorough computer check?
I'd also like to know what level of child *advertiser censored*. 17 year olds or 5 year olds? To me, there is a difference. I've always believed that there's merit to the UK level system. A sad story all around. My heart goes out to his wife and to his children and to all the victims in the child *advertiser censored* he received. Please take a few minutes and read the comments. Thought provoking, but really only one side of the story.
http://themorningsun.com/articles/2011/02/16/news/doc4d5af0ec0aa16987712496.txt?viewmode=fullstory
St. Louis [Mich.] physician Dr. Craig Tubbs sentenced to 46 months in prison for possession of child *advertiser censored*
"St. Louis physician Dr. Craig Tubbs was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Bay City to nearly four years in prison.Tubbs had pleaded guilty in September to possessing child *advertiser censored*.
In a letter to the judge published by the Detroit Free Press, Tubbs insisted that he never solicited anyone for child *advertiser censored* but had turned to adult *advertiser censored* following the tragic accident of his wife.
After just six years of marriage, Tubbs wife was involved in a car accident that left her in a wheelchair and functioning at the level of a child. He didnt leave his wife, but he looked to the Internet for friendship and met women who sent him seductive photos, according to the newspaper. One thing led to another,and the photos began to include nude pictures, and other photos he traded with men.
I sought out these relationships and photos, even though I knew it was wrong, he said in the letter. But to me it was somehow less of a failure than it would have been for me to divorce my wife and abandon her, or to have a series of affairs. After the women in the photos got younger and younger, one day photos of prepubescent girls showed up..."
and
I never wanted these repulsive photos, he wrote. I immediately deleted them as I found them repulsive and was physically sickened as they loaded on my computer screen.
But it was too late....."
more at link (plus a growing number of comments by former patients)
I'd also like to know what level of child *advertiser censored*. 17 year olds or 5 year olds? To me, there is a difference. I've always believed that there's merit to the UK level system. A sad story all around. My heart goes out to his wife and to his children and to all the victims in the child *advertiser censored* he received. Please take a few minutes and read the comments. Thought provoking, but really only one side of the story.
http://themorningsun.com/articles/2011/02/16/news/doc4d5af0ec0aa16987712496.txt?viewmode=fullstory
St. Louis [Mich.] physician Dr. Craig Tubbs sentenced to 46 months in prison for possession of child *advertiser censored*
"St. Louis physician Dr. Craig Tubbs was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Bay City to nearly four years in prison.Tubbs had pleaded guilty in September to possessing child *advertiser censored*.
In a letter to the judge published by the Detroit Free Press, Tubbs insisted that he never solicited anyone for child *advertiser censored* but had turned to adult *advertiser censored* following the tragic accident of his wife.
After just six years of marriage, Tubbs wife was involved in a car accident that left her in a wheelchair and functioning at the level of a child. He didnt leave his wife, but he looked to the Internet for friendship and met women who sent him seductive photos, according to the newspaper. One thing led to another,and the photos began to include nude pictures, and other photos he traded with men.
I sought out these relationships and photos, even though I knew it was wrong, he said in the letter. But to me it was somehow less of a failure than it would have been for me to divorce my wife and abandon her, or to have a series of affairs. After the women in the photos got younger and younger, one day photos of prepubescent girls showed up..."
and
I never wanted these repulsive photos, he wrote. I immediately deleted them as I found them repulsive and was physically sickened as they loaded on my computer screen.
But it was too late....."
more at link (plus a growing number of comments by former patients)