Dayton OH VA did not take rape of veteran seriously

What is wrong with these people? Don't they understand that rape is a crime and should be treated like it? How could they take this kind of attitude? How could they put a soldier being treated for sexual addiction problems anywhere near a woman in treatment?

Impartial Group Gets Rape Case at Local VA
Jim DeBrosse


Dayton Daily News

Jun 30, 2008

June 29, 2008, Dayton, OH - A 24-year-old female veteran's claim that she was raped in a residential facility at the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center is being investigated by VA officials from outside the Dayton VA.

The veteran, who asked not to be named, requested the independent investigation after complaining that staff at the Dayton VA did not take her allegations seriously. She said the March 25 incident was reported to VA staff March 26, but police records show she was not interviewed by VA police until April 25, almost a month later. The veteran has a service-connected physical injury.

Formal complaints filed

She filed formal complaints against five VA employees, including her mental health counselor, who "insisted (the incident) was consensual," her complaint alleges.

In the complaint, she also faults her case manager for having placed the alleged rapist in the same residential facility knowing that "he was seeing a (VA) psychologist for sexual addiction" and that she still "felt very used ... and violated" from the breakup of a consensual relationship with a VA intern involved in her care.
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