Long-hidden documents show how the same man, prominent Honolulu psychiatrist Dr. Robert Browne, played a central role in two of Hawaii's biggest sex abuse scandals.
Browne is accused of sexually assaulting more than 30 former students at Kamehameha Schools over nearly three decades, from 1958 to 1985.
And, the documents show, he was also treating Catholic priests in Hawaii who had been caught abusing children.
Those priests weren't turned into the police, but were often instead sent for psychiatric treatment — to be "cured" of their pedophilia problem. Not surprisingly, one priest in particular who was getting therapy from Browne went on to molest kids for decades.
Sexual predator abused children — and treated priests who did th - Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL
See also::
Part I: Kamehameha Schools sex abuse victims: 'Monster' stole our childhoods
Part II: 'Cover-up' added to pain, Kamehameha School sex abuse victims say
Part III: Victims: Kamehameha Schools sex abuse suit is about accountability
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