Psych faces another child molestation charge

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An Arlington, Texas child psychiatrist accused of indecency with two juvenile patients faces a new charge of inappropriate touching after a third child came forward to police this month. The new complaint surfaced after a mother read a news article about psychiatrist Donald Hughes having his medical license temporarily suspended during a police investigation of allegations made by two male juvenile patients, Arlington Sgt. Craig Leondike said Friday. The woman contacted police after talking to her preteen son about his experience as Hughes' patient last year at Millwood Hospital, Leondike said. "She brought him to the front desk of the police station because he had made an outcry to her about what had happened to him," Leondike said.

Hughes, 52, was first arrested April 22 on two charges of indecency with a child after two patients at Millwood Hospital alleged that he fondled them on separate occasions in April 2003. He was released on bail the same day he was arrested. "It appears he committed this last offense after being interviewed by police about the first two reports," Leondike said.

After the third child came forward, police issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Hughes on a charge of inde-cency/fondling, Leondike said. On Friday, Hughes turned himself in to the Tarrant County Jail and was released on $40,000 bail, his attorney, Bruce Ashworth, said. Ashworth has said the charges against his client are without merit. He declined to comment on the new allegation.

This month, the state medical board temporarily suspended Hughes' license after deeming that allowing him to continue practicing medicine would pose a public threat.