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Utah County chiropractor to serve time for sex abuse

Last time I checked, treating a vaginal infection is not in the scope of practice of a chiropractor. This guy should at the very least lose his liscence to practice.

If I have a vaginal infection I wouldn't seek help from a chiropractor, I'd apply gel myself as would most of my friends. This doesn't sound like particularly sound behaviour irrespective of this man's guilt or innocence. Sounds like a wrong port of call! I'd think twice about allowing a male doctor to apply anything come to think... Bad enough having swabs or smears taken of necessity but applying gel????

Any male medical practitioner working with the opposite sex is a fool if he does not have a woman assistant in the room with him who can observe everything he does and be a witness against those females out for a nice legal settlement. That this individual did not after all the previous problems tells me he is most likely guilty.

I have a hard time understanding why a woman would would ask such a thing of a chiropractor. Even more so, why the guy would actually do it. That is like asking a construction worker to give you a prostate exam and him agreeing to. WHAT THE HECK? Most people would just say "Dude,you're asking the wrong guy for that sort of thing!"

IF you have a vaginal issue, what are you going to a chiropractor for? This shows what I have known all along-- that chiropractors are quacks who think they can heal anything, regardless if they really can!

I wonder if he'll be allowed to "practice" in the prison medical system?

Hildreth was convicted of felony sexual assault against a minor in Montanta in 1992. Accused of sexual assault against a minor in Louisiana in 2000 but skipped town. Convicted on two counts of sexual assault in Utah in 2008. Going on trial for two more counts of sexual assualt in September. Has one additional count pending from a "young girl involved in athletics" (Herald Extra 6/27)... Yet there are still those who defend this sick person or try to dismiss his criminal actions because of the victim's choices. Get some perspective.

What type of woman asks a chiropractor to apply gel to her vaginal area? Were her arms too Circuslike short to do it herself? Why didn't she go to a real doctor? Why would a chiropractor dispense vaginal cream anyway? WEIRD!

One of many things things that bother me about these comments is how quickly this Salt Lake Culture is to judge others and stereotype entire groups of people. Yes some chiropractors are quacks but most are legit (and don't try to treat vaginal ailments). People-take the plank out of your own eye before judging the sliver in your neighbors!

If I had a vaginal infection, no one would know about it but me!! Why would you share such personal information with your employer? Sounds like she was looking for a little "adjustment" down there, if you know what I mean. And obviously, he also is a sex addict!!!

What kind of material was he up late reading into the night? I guarantee it wasn't medical books. Please don't be proud of that Mrs. Hildreth.

To his family how many states does he have to be charged in before you finally get it?

A woman that goes to a chiropractor for an infection down there shouldn't be allowed to propagate the gene pool. Lock her up too for stupidity.

Most of the comments here are directed to the crazy chiropractor. Yeah, he's a waco sex addict, but the real question and blame here should be directed to the woman who would ask such a thing! She's either a total idiot, a sex crazed person herself, or is looking for a willing idiot like Mr. Hildreth to scam some money from. she should be in jail too.

This chiropractor new exactly what he was doing and took advantage of this Young girl, She had a vaginal health issue when she was there being treated in his office for chiropractic services. He, The doctor probably ask her is she had any other health issues, and she confided in him, and he instantly told her he had some antibiotic cream that would take care of her problem. She being kind of stupid, yet trusting to a Doctor, none the less, put her faith in him as a doctor, and let him smear the cream on her virginal area. That�s all it took.

I hope he gets slamed

But if I had a plank in my eye, I still wouldn't go to a chiropractor!

Many of the comments above implicate the alleged victim for stupidity, as well as the chiropractor.

Yes, the chiropractor should have been on guard, Judge Mortenson is correct about that. As long as we are not imposing a higher standard on him now, simply because he was previously accused, then I am fine. But given how short sighted we human beings are, let me ask this question: If there is ever a case (and occasionally there is) in which someone is accused multiple times for something and he/she is innocent each time, are we as a society capable of recognizing it? Are we as a soceity capable of avoiding the temptation to convict somebody in ambiguous circumstances (where neither side is completely clear) simply because one is accused multiple times?

We have come a long way since the Salem witch trials, and I am not saying Dr. Hildretch is innocent. What I am saying is, I am not on the jury, I do not sit on the court of appeals, and I am not in a position to judge. Are you? Do multiple accusation ALWAYS equal guilt? Are we capable of recognizing innocence in a difficult case? Are we?

This is a bad idea all around. Patient, doctor, wife. Woman wants a little attention, asks doctor for help. Doctor wants a little attention, agrees to help. Woman tells friend about the helping hand. Friend says by jove, you've got a great law suit there.

A little attention and a big settlement to boot. Woman wins.

Without excusing his tragic and totally unacceptable behavior, how did he get a license to practice any form of health care in this state having a history like he has. Does not the department of professional licensing screen for these kinds of things?

Didn't ANY of you read the article!! He's played basketball with his daughter since she was 8 so this is obviously a false accusation! Case closed!