UPDATED;;Hacienda Healthcare nurse Nathan Sutherland was a Christian rapper before sex assault charge - The Washington Post

UPDATE:: Hacienda HealthCare to cease operation at South Phoenix facility

Officials with Hacienda HealthCare announced on Thursday that it will begin to transition clients and eventually cease operation at one of its facilities.

"After careful consideration, the Board of Directors have come to understand that it is simply not sustainable for us to continue to operate our ICF-ID (Intermediate Care Facility for the Intellectually Disabled). Thus, we will begin to transition clients and eventually cease operation," read a memo sent to staff members, which was obtained by FOX 10.

In the memo, officials say the transition will be a team effort, and may last many months. Officials also say the company will do everything in its power to help employees impacted by the change to secure employment within its other programs or within the community, and will, in the meantime, work with the state closely to ensure every patient's safety, security, and care.

In interviews and government documents, Nathan Sutherland painted an inspirational image of himself: an abandoned child who grew up with an empty belly in a Haitian orphanage; a doting dad who wanted to help those who had also been dealt a difficult hand.

His Christian music group, Sleeplessouljaz, rapped inspirational messages in churches and concert halls across the Southwest. He sought to start a transitional home for orphans and homeless youth. When those dreams fizzled, he dove into an industry synonymous with caretaking: He became a nurse.

That image is at odds with the man Phoenix police and prosecutors have presented to the world: the Hacienda HealthCare nurse who sexually assaulted his incapacitated patient and, a few days after Christmas, became the father of her child.

Police arrested Sutherland on Tuesday and announced a day later the biggest development in the Hacienda HealthCare case since a female patient no one knew was pregnant gave birth Dec. 29.

Hacienda Healthcare nurse Nathan Sutherland was a Christian rapper before sex assault charge - The Washington Post