Neenah, WI therapist pleads guilty to sexual exploitation

Winnebago County Circuit Judge Barbara Key accepted 62 year old Charles Morgan's plea to 2 counts of sexual exploitation by a therapist in exchange for dismissal of two 3rd degree charges. Formal sentencing will be on February 27, where Assistant Dist. Atty. Scott Ceman will be arguing for prison time. Sexual exploitation by a therapist carries 12 1/2 years and a $25,000 fine per count. Morgan worked for Affinity Behavioral Health in Oshkosh.

According to the criminal complaint, Morgan sexually assaulted a 27-year-old woman, whom he had been treating for bipolar disorder for two years. The woman told Morgan she wanted a different psychiatrist after he kissed her on two occasions while receiving hospital treatment.

Morgan kissed the woman on June 19 while she was receiving electronic convulsive therapy as in-patient treatment at Mercy Medical Center. He kissed her again on June 20.

When the woman told Morgan she wanted to see a different psychiatrist on June 21, Morgan arranged to meet her at his office on Ninth Avenue in Oshkosh. When the two met, Morgan began kissing the woman and having inappropriate sexual contact with her.

Affinity suspended Morgan from his position in June, and his license was to practice medicine was suspended in August, pending the outcome of this case. Since Morgan's guilt, here's hoping that Morgan's license will be permanently revoked.