SAN DIEGO (AP) — Police have charged a 32-year-old male nurse with molesting a patient of a children's hospital, the second time this year an employee at the facility has been arrested on sex abuse allegations, officials said Saturday.
Christopher Alan Irvin of San Diego was arrested Friday on two counts of lewd acts on a child and child pornography charges, authorities said.
Irvin had worked since October 2004 at the intensive care unit of the Children's Hospital and Health Center San Diego.
Police said the alleged molestation occurred last year but declined to provide further details.
Irvin, who remained in jail, was scheduled be arraigned Tuesday.
Assistant Police Chief Cheryl Meyers said the investigation continues and she could not rule out the possibility of additional victims.
A respiratory therapist at the hospital charged with molesting brain-damaged patients was taken into custody in March and pleaded not guilty.