Mark Machala, an Ashland chiropractor has been charged with a 3rd degree misdemeanor of sexual abuse after fondling a patient’s breasts during a massage treatment. Machala is awaiting trial on the charge which is expected to take place in December. His license to practice medicine has been suspended by the Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners. […]
The New Sex Abuse Scandal: Doctors and Their Unsuspecting Patients
July 19, 2016 By
When it comes to child sex abuse scandals, much of the public’s attention has focused on sexual abuse by priests, teachers, and Boy Scout volunteers. Sexual abuse by doctors hasn’t been widely discussed. That is about to change. Investigative journalists at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution just published a disturbing series of articles revealing that sexual abuse […]