Former Chicago hospital worker sentenced 18 years for sexual assaults of patients

Monday, September 25, 2023
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A former hospital worker was sentenced to 18 years in prison for sexual assault crimes Monday.

Kevin Childs was convicted in February on three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault.
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Prosecutors said he assaulted two women who were patients at Saint Anthony hospital, when he worked there as a patient care technician.

Childs will also have to register as a sex offender.

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A judge previously said the alleged victims had been in Childs' care for treatment of serious medical conditions.
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"You are preying on the most weak of the community," Judge Charles Burns said.

Sun-Times Media contributed to this report.

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