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Iowa doctor agrees not to practice after being charged with sex abuse

Iowa doctor agrees not to practice after being charged with sex abuse
AN IOWA DOCTOR - FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES - HAS SIGNED HIS RIGHT TO PRACTICE AWAY. WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT LYNN LINDAMAN LAST YEAR WHEN WE INVESTIGATED ALLEGATIONS FROM THE 1970S. KCCI'S KAYLA JAMES IS HERE WITH WHAT ROLE THE IOWA BOARD OF MEDICINE PLAYS IN THIS. THIS DOCUMENT HOLDS LINDAMAN'S SIGNATURE -- SAYING HE'S IN AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD OF MEDICINE TO NOT PRACTICE AT LEAST UNTIL HIS CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE RESOLVED. TO THE WOMAN WHO SAYS LINDAMAN ABUSED HER DECADES AGO -- THIS AGREEMENT JUST ISN'T ENOUGH. <SHERRI MOLER/SCOTT COUNTY; 2:13-2:15> <"IT'S A HANDSHAKE DEAL."> SHERRI MOLER -- SPEAKING WITH KCCI WEDNESDAY -- ABOUT LYNN LINDAMAN SIGNING DOCUMENTS TO NOT PRACTICE MEDICINE -- TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST HIM BE RESOLVED IN COURT. <SHERRI MOLER/SCOTT COUNTY; 2:01-2:04; 2:08- 2:12> <"WHAT DOES IT DO? HE'S IN JAIL." /SPLICE/ "HE'S NOT GOING TO SEE INMATES. I MEAN, IT'S TEMPORARY."> THIS IS LINDAMAN'S SIGNATURE -- DATED JUNE 30TH: TWO DAYS AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE AGAINST A MINOR. <SHERRI MOLER/SCOTT COUNTY; 12:38-12:40> <"MY HEART IS STILL BREAKING FOR THIS YOUNG CHILD."> THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE IOWA BOARD OF MEDICINE AND LINDAMAN -- WAS APPROVED THIS PAST MONDAY. LINDAMAN'S LICENSE DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL NEXT YEAR. BUT MOLER -- WHO CONTINUOUSLY SHARES WHAT SHE SAYS HAPPENED WHEN LINDAMAN ASSAULTED HER IN 1975 -- SAYS THIS DOCUMENT ISN'T ENOUGH. <SHERRI MOLER/SCOTT COUNTY; 2:18-2:39> <"WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING WAS NOTHING. THE BOARD HAD THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY, EVEN FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT. EVEN FROM A PR STANDPOINT. THEY HAD THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO REVOKE HIS LICENSE AND THEY DID NOTHING IN MY MIND."> MOLER SAYS SHE WON'T STOP SPEAKING AT IOWA BOARD OF MEDICINE MEETINGS -- UNTIL LINDAMAN'S LICENSE IS REVOKED -- AND THERE'S CHANGE MADE BY THE BOARD OF MEDICINE. <SHERRI MOLER/SCOTT COUNTY; 8:08-8:16> <"THIS CAN'T CONTINUE. WE'VE ALLOWED HIM ACCESS TO PATIENTS AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN."> WE DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM THE IOWA BOARD OF MEDICINE AFTER REACHING OUT THIS AFTERNOO
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Iowa doctor agrees not to practice after being charged with sex abuse
An Iowa doctor has agreed not to practice medicine less than a week after he was charged with two counts of sexual abuse against a minor.Lynn Lindaman, 72, of Ankeny, signed that agreement with the Iowa Board of Medicine, which board members approved on Monday. According to that document, Lindaman voluntarily entered the agreement to allow time for the criminal case against him to be resolved in court.KCCI first reported Lindaman’s arrest last week. According to court documents, a complaint was filed with the Ankeny Police Department on June 27. Lindaman is accused of committing a sex act against a boy by "using his hand to touch the 'privates' over the clothing." KCCI has been reporting since last summer on previous allegations against Lindaman.Sherri Moler told KCCI she was sexually assaulted by Lindaman when she was a teenager in the 1970s during a gymnastics camp at the University of Iowa. Moler said Lindaman was convicted of lascivious acts with a person under the age of 14 in 1976 but was offered a deferred judgment, allowing him to practice medicine.Moler said she only learned in 2020 that Lindaman had been practicing medicine. Since then, Moler has been pleading for the Iowa Board of Medicine to take action against Lindaman. However, this most recent action is not one she was looking for. "What came out of that meeting was nothing," Moler said. "The board had the perfect opportunity from a political standpoint and from a public relations standpoint. They had the perfect opportunity to revoke his license and they did nothing in my mind." Earlier this year, Moler filed a civil lawsuit against Lindaman. In that lawsuit, Moler claimed she has experienced "mental health diagnoses and treatment of major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, pain and suffering," and more."This can't continue," Moler said. "We've allowed him access to patients and here we are again." According to the Iowa Board of Medicine, Lindaman stopped seeing patients at his West Des Moines orthopedics practice on May 1.As of Wednesday afternoon, Lindaman remains booked at the Polk County Jail.Previous coverage: Iowa woman shocked to learn man she says was convicted of sexual abuse decades ago is now a physicianLaw signed last fall allows Iowa woman to sue man she says sexually abused her decades agoFormer physician faces sexual abuse charges

An Iowa doctor has agreed not to practice medicine less than a week after he was charged with two counts of sexual abuse against a minor.

Lynn Lindaman, 72, of Ankeny, signed that agreement with the Iowa Board of Medicine, which board members approved on Monday. According to that document, Lindaman voluntarily entered the agreement to allow time for the criminal case against him to be resolved in court.

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KCCI first reported Lindaman’s arrest last week. According to court documents, a complaint was filed with the Ankeny Police Department on June 27. Lindaman is accused of committing a sex act against a boy by "using his hand to touch the 'privates' over the clothing."

KCCI has been reporting since last summer on previous allegations against Lindaman.

Sherri Moler told KCCI she was sexually assaulted by Lindaman when she was a teenager in the 1970s during a gymnastics camp at the University of Iowa. Moler said Lindaman was convicted of lascivious acts with a person under the age of 14 in 1976 but was offered a deferred judgment, allowing him to practice medicine.

Moler said she only learned in 2020 that Lindaman had been practicing medicine. Since then, Moler has been pleading for the Iowa Board of Medicine to take action against Lindaman.

However, this most recent action is not one she was looking for.

"What came out of that meeting was nothing," Moler said. "The board had the perfect opportunity from a political standpoint and from a public relations standpoint. They had the perfect opportunity to revoke his license and they did nothing in my mind."

Earlier this year, Moler filed a civil lawsuit against Lindaman. In that lawsuit, Moler claimed she has experienced "mental health diagnoses and treatment of major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, pain and suffering," and more.

"This can't continue," Moler said. "We've allowed him access to patients and here we are again."

According to the Iowa Board of Medicine, Lindaman stopped seeing patients at his West Des Moines orthopedics practice on May 1.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Lindaman remains booked at the Polk County Jail.

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