Subpoena fight brings Mormon Church into West Linn doctor sex abuse case<\/a><\/p>\nClinic in trouble with insurance, closing <\/p>\n
News of the settlement comes shortly after West Linn Family Health told its patients it plans to close in March. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are writing to inform you that we have made the difficult decision to close West Linn Family Health Center, effective March 19, 2026,\u201d the clinic wrote in a letter to patients dated Dec. 31, 2025 and obtained by OPB. The letter was signed by the clinic\u2019s three remaining doctors, Joyce Endo, Ryan Scott and Mindi Robinson. <\/p>\n
Prior to announcing the closure, the clinic was in hot water with several of its insurance providers. West Linn Family Health faces court actions from American Economy Insurance Company, Twin City Fire Insurance Company and Allmerica Financial Benefit Insurance Company.<\/p>\n
Among other remedies, Allmerica has requested that a federal court rescind its policy with West Linn Family Health dating back to 2021. The insurer argued, in part, that the clinic failed to disclose that it was being sued for Farley\u2019s sexual abuse at the time it applied for insurance through Allmerica and did not inform insurers of the suit at all until 2025. The other insurers asked the court to declare that they are not responsible for covering the clinic in the suit brought by Farley\u2019s patients. <\/p>\n
According to the lawsuit, at least some staff at the clinic were aware of Farley\u2019s abuse for years. While Farley made sure to be alone with patients and unchaperoned during much of the alleged abuse, there were numerous instances where his abuse was witnessed by other clinic staff, the lawsuit alleges. <\/p>\n
In one instance in 2007, one of Farley\u2019s patients at the clinic requested the presence of a female nurse after Farley fondled the patient\u2019s breasts and attempted to sexually stimulate her. <\/p>\n
When a nurse joined near the end of the pelvic exam, the nurse allegedly instructed the patient to \u201cclose her eyes and go to her happy place.\u201d <\/p>\n
Though the lawsuit does not specify this patient\u2019s age, it describes Farley telling her \u201cif this were the 1700s, (she) would be of normal childbearing age and it would be perfectly normal for her to be married, having sex and making babies.\u201d <\/p>\n
The lawsuit notes several other instances where clinic staff were present for alleged abuse. One patient mentioned the time she, as a teenager, complained to clinic nurses that Farley was conducting breast and pelvic exams on her at least once every three months. According to the suit, clinic nurses told her they \u201cdidn\u2019t make the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n
Records from the West Linn Police Department, which investigated Farley between 2020 and 2022, also revealed multiple clinic staff knew of Farley\u2019s plans to photograph the breasts and genitals of children for what he claimed was a \u201cstudy on puberty.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lawsuit alleges that the hospitals, as well as the clinic, ignored complaints about Farley, failed \u201cto disclose information from abuse victims, and contributed to a sexually hostile environment.\u201d The suit also asserts the clinic and hospitals should have reported Farley to the medical board and law enforcement but failed to do so. <\/p>\n
The clinic has argued that Farley allegedly committed the abuse outside the scope of his role at the clinic. <\/p>\n
\u201cSpecifically, it was outside the scope of any employment or agency for Farley to sexually abuse or assault patients or to intentionally inflict emotional distress upon patients,\u201d attorneys for the clinic wrote in response to the lawsuit. <\/p>\n
The one defendant still fighting the lawsuit has used a similar argument. Providence has said the patients\u2019 \u201cinjuries and damages, if any, were caused in whole or part by the negligent acts or omissions of others over whom (Providence) has no responsibility, or control.\u201d<\/p>\n
In its own court filings, Legacy denied knowledge of Farley\u2019s misconduct and refuted that its patients had lodged complaints against Farley with the hospital. <\/p>\n
Farley has not presented his own arguments against the allegations, instead citing his constitutional rights against self-incrimination. <\/p>\n
Barring a last-minute settlement between the plaintiffs and Providence, trial will begin on Monday. Because the other defendants have settled, the proceedings will largely focus on whether Providence was culpable in Farley\u2019s alleged abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warning: This story contains details on sexual abuse allegations, including allegations of crimes involving children. If you or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253,206924],"class_list":["post-438247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-oregon-doctor-health-care-sexual-assault-lawsuit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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