Warrant Details Doctor's Alleged Non-Reporting Of Abuse

Warrant Details Doctor's Alleged Non-Reporting Of Abuse
By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY | Courant Staff Writer
July 4, 2008
A mother suspecting her son was being sexually abused told the family doctor she had found her son naked and asleep beneath the man.

But the South Windsor doctor, Raymond C. Kurker, didn't report the mother's suspicions to the state. He still wasn't sure if the boy had been abused, according to the warrant for his arrest.

The warrant was released Thursday in Superior Court in Manchester, where Kurker, 55, was arraigned on a charge of failing to report the alleged abuse.

Doctors, police officers and teachers are among the "mandated reporters" who must notify the state Department of Children and Families of suspected child abuse "as soon as is practical" but not more than 12 hours after the incident, said South Windsor police Sgt. Scott Custer. The mandated reporter is not required to gather evidence.

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