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Former nursing home worker indicted on sex-assault charge
01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, September 4, 2008
A former nursing assistant has been indicted on sexual-assault charges after being accused of assaulting a mentally disabled patient in his care.
Matthew F. Doyle, 24, of West Greenwich, was arrested July 31 after a nursing home administrator at St. Elizabeth Home in East Greenwich reported the alleged abuse to the police.
The St. Elizabeth Home, which serves 120 residents, is among four nursing-home facilities in Rhode Island run by the St. Elizabeth Community, based in Providence. The nonprofit, nonsectarian organization has been in existence since 1882.
Doyle is accused of assaulting a 69-year-old woman with advanced Alzheimer’s disease on July 28.
A grand jury yesterday handed up an indictment, charging Doyle with two counts of first-degree sexual assault. He has been held at the Adult Correctional Institutions since his arrest.
A bail hearing is set for Doyle in Superior Court, Warwick, on Sept. 19.
— Projo.com Staff Writer Brandie Jefferson
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