Number of victims in Leavenworth VA hospital sex abuse scandal increasing

A former physician assistant is accused of sexual battery and other crimes involving at least seven patients at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leavenworth, and a lawyer says more victims will emerge.

Three civil lawsuits filed in recent weeks in U.S. District Court in Kansas accuse Mark Wisner of conducting unnecessary and improper genital examinations at the Leavenworth VA Medical Center.

He also faces criminal charges of aggravated criminal sodomy, solicitation and sexual battery in Leavenworth County.

Wisner surrendered his medical license last year after seven patients accused him of abuse. He acknowledged in a consent decree that he had sexual contact with some patients, made inappropriate sexual comments and overprescribed.

Wisner is representing himself in a civil case that was filed last month, and no attorney is listed for two lawsuits filed last week.

He did not return a phone message seeking comment left at his Holton, Kansas, home.

This story was originally published April 12, 2016 at 2:17 PM with the headline "Number of victims in Leavenworth VA hospital sex abuse scandal increasing."