I checked and I don't see a thread on this case. I stumbled upon it while doing research on pedophiles lurking in the the medical field. This discovery knocked me out of bed as one of my children saw this man for a single psych evaluation!! He saw him while he was in F/C in the county where this creep practiced. That's way too close for comfort. Our young man is now 24 and I plan to ask if he remembers anything. He would have been 5-6 years old at the time, around 1990-91. He was so vulnerable as that was the year his birth mom passed away and that he developed a chronic illness.
It looks like this guy flew under the radar for a very long time. And then his victims started growing up and talking. Imagine that. Some background info:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/04/23/MNGEQPDM0N1.DTL
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Authorities said there were plenty of impediments to building a case. Not the least was the difficulty of verifying accusations brought by once-vulnerable or troubled youths against a former president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry praised by county officials in 2002 for his "tireless effort to improve the lives of children."
This statement just rips at my heart:
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You have a prominent psychiatrist saying, 'I didn't do it,' and a troubled youth who's seeing a psychiatrist," McKowan said. "You have to be able to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt...."
There's also a very thorough blog about this guy and his multiple trials--
at least 37 accusers to date!! Looks like he finally got his license yanked in 2007. The SOL ran out for a lot of victims. Why can't every state do what some states have done and open the window for two years on sex abuse cases? I think that's a great idea.
http://www.williamayreswatch.blogspot.com/
Make sure you check out Ayres' court schedule for 2010 on the right side bar. He's going to be a VERY busy man. We need to keep an eye on this.
If I have missed a previous thread, can someone please let me know.