Children's therapist pleads not guilty to molestation, porn chargesSAN DIEGO (AP) - A therapist at a children's hospital pleaded not guilty Friday to molesting two patients and posting child pornography on the Internet.

Wayne Bleyle, 54, was arrested Wednesday after authorities seized computers and a hard drive at his home and found possibly more than 100,000 images of child porn, a prosecutor said.

Bleyle, a 25-year employee of Children's Hospital and Health Center, worked at its long-term convalescent facility for 10 years as a respiratory therapist and had contact with patients requiring constant attention, said hospital spokesman Tom Hanscom. Patients there generally cannot feed, bathe or dress themselves.

During Bleyle's time at the convalescent facility, 176 patients were treated, Hanscom said — the maximum number Bleyle would have had access to.

Investigators want medical records of nine current and former patients but may seek more, he said. Three patients have so far been linked to the photos.

"One of the agents who interviewed him said, 'How many kids are we talking about?'" Gunn said. "The defendant, who was in New York at the time looking out at the snow, looked out at the snow and said, 'How many snowflakes are there out there?'"

Bleyle "averaged about two kids a week, and he specifically chose children who were the most brain-damaged, most comatose, most non-verbal — children who could never say anything about it," she said.

Public defender John Stathis limited his comments at Friday's arraignment to procedural matters. Bleyle had not been assigned an attorney yet, the public defender's office said.

Bleyle had no criminal record and was licensed by the state, which conducts background checks every two years as part of its license renewal process, Hanscom said.

Hospital officials have contacted the families of all 53 patients at the convalescent center and are contacting families of past patients, Hanscom said.

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