Awhile ago… maybe a year ago… some gay crippled guy came on here asking for help because he was in a hospital where religious doctors were abusing him. There was a lot of outrage and a lot of doubters and Dopers were generally just getting fired up. One Doper said he or she had previously met the guy making the claims and he could be believed.
Finally mods came in and said they were investigating, but everyone should calm down in the meantime.
So what happened with this whole ordeal?
I was the one who investigated it.
I wrote to the local police department and was told to wait. After a few weeks I got a nice reply, albeit limited by the needs of privacy.
There was a kernel of truth in the allegations. There was a paraplegic in that hospital who did make these charges against a real doctor who worked there.
A judge held a hearing at the guy’s bedside and his charges were found to be baseless. He was transfered to another hospital.
End of story.
I posted this on that long-ago thread, but strangely nobody seemed to still be interested. The original title included the words ‘Hospital of Hate,’ it may still be available.