Sexual Predator Darius A. Paduch Sentenced to Life in Prison for Abusing Patients in New York
A former urologist at two prominent medical institutions in the New York-area, Darius A. Paduch, has been sentenced to life in prison for his years-long sexual abuse of patients, including children.
On May 8, 2024, Paduch was convicted of six counts of inducing a person to travel to engage in unlawful sexual activity and five counts of inducing a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity following a two-week trial.
According to the Superseding Indictment and evidence at trial, Paduch enticed and induced multiple victims to travel to his medical offices at a prominent hospital in Manhattan so that he could sexually abuse them. He also induced certain victims to travel to New Jersey where he abused and assaulted them under the guise of medical care.
Paduch worked as a urologist at a prominent hospital in Manhattan from at least 2007 through at least 2019, and later began practicing at a different hospital located in Long Island, New York in 2019. During medical appointments, Paduch would masturbate his patients, sometimes without wearing gloves, and sometimes to the point of the patients ejaculating on him. He also directed his patients to masturbate while he watched, inserted his finger inside the rectums of patients, including while masturbating them, and pressed his own erect penis against patients’ bodies.
The victims, including children, attended many appointments with Paduch over the course of multiple years, at which Paduch repeatedly abused them. At trial, 11 victims testified about being sexually abused by Paduch, and dozens more provided impact statements with the Court in connection with sentencing.
In addition to the prison term, Paduch, 57, of North Bergen, New Jersey, was ordered to pay restitution in an amount to be determined at a later date.
Mr. Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The prosecution is being handled by the Office’s Violent and Organized Crime Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marguerite B. Colson, Elizabeth A. Espinosa, Ni Qian, and Jun Xiang are in charge of the prosecution.
Defendant Name: Darius A. Paduch
Exact Criminal Charges: six counts of inducing a person to travel to engage in unlawful sexual activity and five counts of inducing a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity
City and State: New York
Exact Date: May 8, 2024
Sentence: Life in Prison
Dollar Amounts: To be determined at a later date
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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