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New York Hospital Says It Knew Of Sexual Misconduct By Pediatric Doctor

The Rockefeller University Hospital says it was aware for several years that

Dr. Reginald Archibald was a pediatric specialist of growth and maturation. For decades, he treated children too small for their age at The Rockefeller University Hospital in New York. Now, that hospital is saying he abused at least one of them — and possibly others.

The hospital, a respected research institution in New York,since 2004 of "credible allegations" against Archibald, who died in 2007, indicating that he had engaged in "certain inappropriate conduct" with his minor patients that allegedly occurred during the doctor's physical exams.

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