Molested patients of pervy Rockefeller University Hospital doc demand answers about his collection of nude kid pictures

Dec. 11--Sexual abuse victim Peter Katsikis remembers every creepy detail of his one childhood visit with Dr. Reginald Archibald.

The accused pedophile pediatrician ordered the 12-year-old to strip naked, then aggressively touched him -- and started snapping photos, he recounted Tuesday.

"Survivors never forget any of the facts," Katsikis told at a news conference outside Rockefeller University Hospital, where Archibald practiced from 1948-80.

"I left the exam room very confused. You've got to understand -- the '60s, 12 years old. We knew nothing about sex."

Several of the dozens of accusers, all now adults, fear their pictures are possibly available decades later as child pornography.

"Finding these photos is critical for our clients," said attorney Michael Pfau, whose Seattle-based law firm represents some of the alleged victims. "Hopefully the hospital can do the right thing and accelerate the investigation."

Archibald, who died in 2007, worked as an endocrinologist specializing in childhood growth. His victims charge the doctor used his position at the hospital to fondle, masturbate and photograph the genitals of his patients -- most of them young and male.

Katsikis, asked what should happen to any photos still around from his only appointment with Archibald, offered a quick response.

"After the litigation is over, let's have them destroyed," he said.

Gail Coleman, 55, recalled seeing the doctor once a year for four years after turning 11. Archibald took photos of her during each twisted visit, she said.

"He touched me in ways that were clearly not normal," recounted Coleman. "The pictures -- I don't know what was medical and what was not.

"It didn't feel good. The older I got, it always bothered me. But I was 11, and he was a famous doctor."

Rockefeller University Hospital officials have acknowledged inappropriate contact with his young patients, although they have not said whether any photographs were found during an internal investigation. Lawyers allege dozens of victims were abused by the doctor.

The hospital, where Archibald spent 32 years as a senior physician and university professor, had no comment in advance of a Tuesday news conference regarding the photos.

"I want to help other victims," said Katsikis. "If I can come out and tell my story, and if I can inspire another victim who is too scared to come forward and to point out a sexual predator that might be hiding in plain sight ... that is the way to go."

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