CINCINNATI —

Dr. Howard Saal, a former geneticist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, is facing a civil lawsuit from families accusing him of inappropriate exams and unnecessary patient photography, in addition to federal child sexual abuse image charges.

After the story broke last month about Saal being charged with federal child sexual abuse image-related crimes, The Lawrence Firm in Covington received messages from concerned parents and former patients, leading to the filing of the civil suit against Saal and the hospital. Advertisement

Rob Lewis, an attorney at The Lawrence Firm, said, "Everybody trusted him and I think one of the things that's more concerning to me than anything is these parents are riddled with guilt because a lot of times these parents were there when he was doin

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