Yet another child sex case involving a psychiatrist, this time from Wisconsin. As seen in the Journal Sentinel.
A psychiatrist already serving four years of probation for possession of child pornography was ordered to stand trial Friday on a sexual assault charge after a 14-year-old boy tearfully testified that the doctor molested him during a counseling session in 2006.
At a preliminary hearing to determine whether the case against Eric B. Schwietering of Milwaukee should proceed to trial, the boy testified that Schwietering questioned him during a counseling session about his sexual habits and asked him to disrobe July 10, 2006.
When he declined, the boy said, Schwietering forced him down on a couch, partially disrobed him and touched him indecently.
Schwietering, 41, was charged in October with sexual assault of a child younger than 16, a felony.
According to testimony Friday and a criminal complaint, the assault occurred when Schwietering was associated with Cornerstone Counseling, 16535 W. Blue Mound Road, Brookfield. Schwietering no longer practices at the center.
After the assault, the boy testified, Schwietering told him not to tell anyone about what had occurred and said he would hurt him if he did.
The complaint says the matter came to light in the fall when the boy, now living at a residential school in Keokuk, Iowa, told his mother in e-mail that he had been assaulted by Schwietering, who specialized in treating children and adolescents.
Schwietering's attorney, Paul Bucher, sought to have the case dismissed, telling Waukesha County Circuit Court Commissioner Martin Binn that the boy's testimony and statements to authorities were not credible.
But Binn rejected the argument and ordered Schwietering to return to court Feb. 6.
In May, Schwietering was placed on four years of probation in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on two felony counts of possession of child pornography.
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