VA chaplain tormented by boss

VA chaplain says boss tormented her
ABQ Journal
By Colleen Heild
Journal Investigative Reporter
December 2, 2013

A chaplain at the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Albuquerque contends in a federal lawsuit that her supervisor chaplain improperly accessed her medical records and used information from her psychological profile to torment her.

Kathleen Waltz contends that Ronald Cok used his VA credentials to obtain information about mental health treatment she received for sexual trauma she suffered while serving in the U.S. Armed forces from 1969 to 1976.

After she complained about a violation of federal privacy laws, Waltz contends in the lawsuit that both the VA Medical Center and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed a privacy violation occurred.

Yet VA officials allowed Cok to continue supervising Waltz and ultimately moved her away from her colleagues into a crowded and unsuitable office, depriving her of the “resources necessary to perform her duties as Chaplain,” her lawsuit alleges.
read more here