A former Cincinnati Children’s hospital doctor has been federally charged, accused of possessing over 150,000 images of child sexual abuse material.
Howard M. Saal, 73, of Cincinnati, appeared in federal court in Cincinnati Tuesday afternoon.
According to court documents, Saal was previously employed as a geneticist and dysmorphologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. According to documents, his medical license is still active.
WLWT reached out to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital who responded with the following statement, saying Saal is no longer an employee.
“The safety and care of children is at the core of what we do and who we are. We absolutely condemn the exploitation of children. We are cooperating fully with the authorities and Howard Saal is no longer employed with Cincinnati Children’s,” the statement reads.
According to the charging documents, the investigation began in February, when a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office detective working on the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force investigated a cyber tip regarding image searches for child pornography that originated from Saal’s IP address.
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