Former Children's doctor accused of abuse is leaving NC Institute
A former Children's Hospital Boston pediatrician accused of molesting young boys during physical examinations is leaving the North Carolina institute he established, the New York Times reports.
Dr. Melvin D. Levine, a best-selling author who left Children's and his academic post at Harvard Medical School in 1995, has resigned from All Kinds of Minds, which trains teachers of children with learning disabilities.
A lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court in April accused Levine of abusing at least seven boys who came to him for treatment, a Globe story reported. The suit was filed by an unnamed plaintiff who was 8 years old when the alleged abuse began between 1980 and 1985.
Levine has denied ever touching a patient sexually.
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