Ex-Hospital Director Guilty Of 31 Counts Of Sexual Abuse Of Young Boys
LONG BEACH (AP — A former California state mental hospital director has been found guilty of multiple counts of sexually abusing his adopted son in what prosecutors contend was a pattern of preying on young boys that spanned four decades.
Jurors on Thursday found 63-year-old Claude Foulk guilty of 31 of 35 counts of sex crimes in Superior Court in Long Beach.
Foulk was charged with 35 counts including lewd and lascivious acts on a child and sodomy by use of force.
Prosecutors say another 11 men also came forward to claim Foulk molested them as children dating back to 1965, but only the son's case could be prosecuted because of the statute of limitations.
Foulk was fired from his post at Napa State Hospital after his arrest last year.
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