David Brian Farley

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1. Stipulated Order | In the Matter of David Brian Farley, MD, Oregon Medical Board, October 2, 2020.
2. Women speak out against ‘master manipulator’ Oregon doctor who photographed children’s genitals, performed unwanted exams, Oregon Live, November 20, 2020.
3. Oregon court case #20CV43049, , October 9, 2025.
4. Two sisters recalled leaving exams with West Linn Dr. David Farley at ages 11 and 14, wondering, ‘What the heck just happened?’, Oregon Live, December 8, 2020.
5. Another 25 women sign on to suit against ex-West Linn doctor, now seeking $290 million in damages for alleged sexual abuse, Oregon Live, December 9, 2020.
6. #MeToo at the doctor's office: Investigation finds sexual misconduct, flaws in discipline, FOX17 WZTV Nashville, March 10, 2022.
7. West Linn doctor who allegedly abused over 120 patients won’t face charges, Clackamas County grand jury decides, Oregon Live, September 4, 2022.
8. Letter: "Re: Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Over 200 Women and Children at the Hands of Former Doctor David Farley, and Clackamas County District Attorney’s Refusal to Prosecute these Heinous Crimes", OPB, September 16, 2022.
9. Women speak out about sexual abuse allegations involving former West Linn doctor, KGW8, September 23, 2022.
10. West Linn Police Records Answer Some Questions, Raise Others About Doctor Sex Abuse Investigation, The Lund Report, December 1, 2022.
11. West Linn police records answer some questions, raise others about Farley case, West Linn Tidings, November 28, 2022.
12. Police records shed light on investigation of former West Linn doctor accused of rampant sexual abuse, OPB, November 29, 2022.
13. Former Oregon doctor can plead Fifth in suit by dozens of patients alleging abuse, judge rules, The Oregonian, May 28, 2025.
14. Subpoena fight brings Mormon Church into West Linn doctor sex abuse case, OPB, July 31, 2025.
15. Former West Linn doctor to face nearly a dozen felony sexual assault charges, letter confirms, KGW 8 - Portland, Oregon, October 8, 2025.

• 1. Stipulated Order | In the Matter of David Brian Farley, MD

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• 2. Women speak out against ‘master manipulator’ Oregon doctor who photographed children’s genitals, performed unwanted exams

  • 20 Nov 2020
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  Former West Linn Dr. David B. Farley, who opened the West Linn Family Health Center in 1993, had his name removed from its doors after his medical license was revoked for unprofessional conduct and gross negligence.

  Katie Medley, Lisa Pratt and Nicole Snow felt doubly betrayed when they read the letter from their doctor citing only “multiple personal circumstances” for his sudden retirement.

  West Linn family physician David B. Farley wrote that he would miss each of his patients deeply and how they would “always be in my heart.”

  Nothing in the Aug. 12 letter alerted patients that Farley was under investigation by the Oregon Medical Board or why.

  Though the 62-year-old signed the letter “Dr. Farley,” six days earlier he had agreed to voluntarily give up his license after the medical board raised concerns about his “ability to safely and competently practice medicine” during its investigation.

  The women filed their own complaint with the Oregon Medical Board in August alleging Farley conducted ungloved and unnecessary pelvic exams, fondled their breasts and had done check-ups in his bedroom at home.

  They discovered then that Farley had been under scrutiny by the board since late 2019, accused of conducting improper pelvic exams on minors. As that inquiry got underway, the board investigator learned the doctor also had taken photos of children’s genitals.

  Medley, Pratt and Snow, speaking publicly for the first time this week, told The Oregonian/OregonLive that they’ve heard from dozens of other former patients and are now urging others to come forward.

  They also are pushing police for a thorough criminal investigation, frustrated by the West Linn police response so far.

  They called Farley a master manipulator who made them second-guess their discomfort and distress. All said they had to overcome their own sense of disbelief and humiliation to report Farley.

  “None of the shame belongs on any of these survivors. It belongs on Dr. Farley,” Medley said.

  The women said he treated them like family, so they tried to explain away their concerns: Farley was a longtime community doctor with a stellar education who they knew from church and who seemed to be a genuine and caring professional. Would he really violate their trust so thoroughly?

  “You don’t question the off-putting things,” Pratt said, “because you think, ‘Well, he loves me. … He would never hurt me.’”

  Medley, Pratt and Snow filed a civil lawsuit last month against Farley as well as his West Linn clinic and the hospitals where he worked, alleging Farley engaged in sexual abuse and battery and the places he worked were negligent in concealing his misconduct.

  Former patients sue ex-Dr. David B. Farley

  Portland attorney Thomas D'Amore, second from left, with plaintiffs from left, Kate Medley, Lisa Pratt and Nicole Snow.

  Farley moved this year with his family to Idaho. Neither he nor his lawyer, Karen O’Kasey, responded to repeated phone calls and emails. But Farley’s lawyer this month filed a motion to put the civil suit on hold as the criminal inquiry proceeds.

  “Defendant Farley has a reasonable concern that any statements made or documents produced in this case may be used against him in a future criminal matter,” O’Kasey motion said. “Farley must invoke his right against self-incrimination and cannot respond to deposition questions, requests for admission, or requests for production, for fear that doing so could ‘provide a lead or clue’ to incriminating evidence for any potential criminal case.”

  The women who sued want the Oregon Attorney General’s Office to take over the criminal investigation.

  “There’s been no subpoena served. No search warrants performed,” said John Manly, their California-based attorney who specializes in sexual abuse cases and represented the nearly 200 women who said they were abused by Larry Nassar, the doctor for the U.S. gymnastics team and Michigan State University athletes.

  Manly called Farley’s case nearly a mirror image of the one that began against Nassar, convicted of molesting girls for years under the guise of giving them exams.

  “You have a variety of people coming forward making reports and law enforcement literally doing almost nothing,” Manly said.

  The Oregonian/OregonLive doesn’t normally identify alleged sex abuse victims but the women identified in this story said they wanted to come forward to make sure their former doctor is held accountable.

  West Linn Acting Police Chief Peter Mahuna said the state medical board first told his agency of the sexual misconduct accusations against Farley on Aug. 24 and local police began investigating on Sept. 2.

  The department first assigned one detective to the case but has added two more, Mahuna said. The Clackamas County Major Crimes Team is also available to help if needed, he said.

  West Linn police have alerted the Oregon Department of Justice but haven’t sought its investigative support, Mahuna said.

  “We are committed to doing the best investigation we can for everyone involved in this case,” he said. “If we need help, we will not hesitate to ask for it.”

  The three women and their lawyers have said they were told by police and the medical board that the FBI also has been informed of the allegations. An FBI spokeswoman wouldn’t say if the FBI is involved in the case.

  David B. Farley's retirement letter to patients

  On West Linn Family Health Center letterhead, David B. Farley on Aug. 12 wrote to patients he was retiring due to "personal circumstances." No one told patients he was under investigation by the Oregon Medical Board for unprofessional care and gross negligence.

  DELETED PHOTOS, SHREDDED FORMS

  Farley’s retirement letter had been sent out to patients by the West Linn Family Health Center, where Farley practiced for nearly three decades after opening the office in 1993.

  The letter was “certainly misleading,” said Nicole Krishnaswami, the state medical board’s executive director.

  When Medley, Pratt and Snow went to the medical board with their complaint, they said they learned the board had received complaints in December 2019 accusing Farley of doing unnecessary pelvic exams on girls.

  Board records don’t indicate who filed the initial complaint and board officials said the information is confidential.

  “As a mother of three children myself, I was horrified and disgusted,” Pratt said. “There’s nothing more disturbing especially knowing he is hurting children. At that point, I just knew I wouldn’t stop until he was stopped.”

  On Sept. 3, the board recommended disciplining Farley, alleging he violated the Medical Practice Act by engaging in sexual misconduct, providing medical treatment contrary to acceptable standards and repeatedly ordering unnecessary treatment and lab tests.

  On Oct. 2, the board revoked Farley’s license and assessed a $20,000 civil penalty for dishonorable and unprofessional conduct and gross or repeated negligence. The revocation was reported to a national databank. Farley agreed to never reapply for his medical license in lieu of paying the fine.

  The board found that Farley not only conducted unneeded Pap smears and pelvic and breast exams on adult patients, he did the procedures on young women under age 18 though medical guidelines since 2010 say most women should wait until 21 to have their first gynecological exams or Pap smears.

  Farley also admitted that he took photos of the genitals and breasts of five patients, all under the age of 18, using his personal cellphone, according to board records.

  He claimed to one parent that the photos were for a study to explain puberty and show sexual development over time, the board documents show. He told the board he provided consent forms for the minors’ parents to sign, but then couldn’t provide the records, saying he had deleted the photos from his phone and had shredded the consent forms, according to board documents.

  The sanctions against Farley are the most severe the board can issue and show the board “takes sexual misconduct cases extremely seriously,” Krishnaswami said.

  ‘EVERYONE TRUSTED HIM’

  Medley, Pratt and Snow describe a doctor whose credentials and standing in West Linn seemed unimpeachable.

  Farley was a graduate of Harvard Medical School and built his practice to three more doctors that specialized in family medicine, gynecology and pediatrics. He also was well-respected in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he had been a bishopric member and stake high counselor, according to the Mormon Stories Podcast, a podcast hosted by an ex-Mormon.

  Snow, now 29, said she was 15 when her mother started taking her to see Farley after she complained of chronic stomach pain. She continued to see him between ages 15 to 18. On at least five visits, he sexually abused her, she said.

  Under the guise of seeking to relieve her constipation, he performed an ungloved rectal exam, she said. During other exams, he penetrated her vagina, wearing no gloves and fondled her breasts, she said.

  Snow’s family belonged to the same church that Farley attended.

  “I felt like everyone trusted him. Everyone adored him,” she said. “It took me many years later to realize what he was doing to me was wrong, and inappropriate and abuse.”

  During one appointment shortly after she turned 18, Farley insisted on inserting an IUD under the pretense it would help her menstrual cycle become more regular, she said.

  At another exam, he tore her hymen after digitally penetrating her under the guise of “stretching me out,” contending it would “ensure sex was more pleasurable” before she was to marry, she said.

  Though she resisted, he told her “all women get it done” and shared with her the name of another woman who belonged to their church whose hymen he said he had recently broken, according to Snow.

  David B. Farley moved to Idaho after the Oregon Medical Board investigation led to the revocation of his medical license.

  ‘MASTER MANIPULATOR’

  Pratt, now 33, had moved to Oregon in July 2015 when she was pregnant with her third child and said a friend recommended Farley as a doctor.

  She researched him, saw he had graduated from Harvard and that he was a member of their church.

  She found Farley extremely kind and caring, giving her his cellphone number and texting her often to check on her.

  The first red flag occurred when Pratt took her 2-week-old son to Farley for a newborn check-up in 2016. She was breastfeeding her son in the exam room when Farley barged in and, without consent, suddenly put his head on her breast, she said.

  She pulled back instinctively.

  Farley told her he was listening to hear if the baby was gulping the milk, she recalled.

  “I remember thinking this is really weird,” she said.

  Then Farley stuck his hand down her shirt, squeezing her breast, she said.

  As time went on, she shrugged it off. She described Farley as a doctor who frequently gave hugs, talked about his family and their trips. Sometimes, he had her come to his home for check-ups he did in his bedroom, she said.

  “He really creates this special relationship that makes you think you are family and that you have this special bond,” Pratt said. “He’s a master manipulator. His grooming skills are off the charts.

  By 2018, after having Pap tests every year, Pratt showed up for an appointment and told the nurse she didn’t feel she needed another. She had so many and they’d all been fine. She said she’d read they should only be given every three to five years.

  But Farley was put off, Pratt said, and insisted on doing the Pap smear, telling Pratt about a patient who died from cervical cancer. He spent five minutes pressuring her and she ultimately gave in, she said.

  But then she looked for a new doctor.

  “After that appointment, I just knew things aren’t right,” Pratt said.

  Former patients sue ex-Dr. David B. Farley

  California-based attorney John Manly is representing the patients in the civil suit against Farley. He specializes in sexual abuse cases and represented the nearly 200 women who said they were abused by Larry Nassar, the doctor for the U.S. gymnastics team and Michigan State University athletes.

  MOVES TO IDAHO, KEEPS CALLING PATIENTS

  Pratt began talking to other friends who had Farley as their doctor. One of them was Medley. They realized together they needed to act, they said.

  Medley, now 32, had started going to Farley for care in 2016.

  During a Sept. 6, 2019 exam, Medley said Farley penetrated her with no glove on, fondled her external genitals, made degrading comments to her and then hugged her at the end as she wore only a medical gown.

  “I felt so uncomfortable,” she said. “I wanted to get out of there.”

  “He blurred the lines between what was medically necessary and abuse so well that I didn’t know,” she said.

  Medley said she was relieved to speak to the medical board’s investigator, Jason Carruth, who she said took her concerns seriously, was responsive and whose investigation led the medical board to take swift action against the longtime physician.

  Medley and Pratt were both married with children when they had Farley as their doctor, had seen other doctors in the past and knew how gynecological exams should go.

  Yet they said Farley still was able to deceive them.

  “Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought this man that has delivered my child, he takes care of my kids, my children’s doctor, he’s my doctor, he was our family doctor -- it was nowhere on my radar to think that I wasn’t safe,” Medley said.

  After Farley sent out his retirement letter, he packed up and moved to St. Anthony, Idaho, where he has family.

  But he continued to reach out to his former patients, they said.

  He called Medley after his move.

  “He said on the phone, ‘If you have any questions about anything, please just I’m happy to help you.’ And I said, ‘Do you mean medically?’ and he said, ‘Well, just anything, you know, I’m not going to change my phone number,’’' she recalled. “So he’s going through extensive steps to stay in contact with his previous patients.”

  Medley, Pratt and Snow, who also reported Farley to West Linn police after they talked to the medical board, sought out civil lawyers when they said they became discouraged by what they saw as lack of police action. Medley had watched a documentary about the former Olympic gymnast physician Nassar and saw Manly in it and decided to contact him.

  “I thought, ‘I wonder if he would help us? I know we’re a small town and it’s a small doctor,” Medley said.

  Manly and Portland attorney Thomas D’Amore, classmates at Pepperdine University School of Law, signed on to the women’s case.

  Six days after the women’s civil suit was filed against Farley, West Linn police issued a one-paragraph press release on Oct. 28, identifying a detective assigned to investigate.

  Police asked anyone to contact the detective about “inappropriate contact or behavior” involving Farley. Police have declined to say how many people have contacted them.

  “The reason that these brave women have come forward is they feel like nothing is happening, and children and women are still at risk because this guy’s loose,” Manly said.

  He said the women “should not have to hire a personal injury lawyer to get justice from law enforcement,” Manly said.

  But, he added, “It seems like that’s what you have to do.”

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• 4. Two sisters recalled leaving exams with West Linn Dr. David Farley at ages 11 and 14, wondering, ‘What the heck just happened?’

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• 5. Another 25 women sign on to suit against ex-West Linn doctor, now seeking $290 million in damages for alleged sexual abuse

  • 9 Dec 2020
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• 6. #MeToo at the doctor's office: Investigation finds sexual misconduct, flaws in discipline

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• 7. West Linn doctor who allegedly abused over 120 patients won’t face charges, Clackamas County grand jury decides

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• 8. Letter: "Re: Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Over 200 Women and Children at the Hands of Former Doctor David Farley, and Clackamas County District Attorney’s Refusal to Prosecute these Heinous Crimes"

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• 9. Women speak out about sexual abuse allegations involving former West Linn doctor

  • 23 Sep 2022
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• 10. West Linn Police Records Answer Some Questions, Raise Others About Doctor Sex Abuse Investigation

  • 1 Dec 2022
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• 11. West Linn police records answer some questions, raise others about Farley case

  • 28 Nov 2022
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• 12. Police records shed light on investigation of former West Linn doctor accused of rampant sexual abuse

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• 13. Former Oregon doctor can plead Fifth in suit by dozens of patients alleging abuse, judge rules

  • 28 May 2025
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  A judge Wednesday refused to compel former West Linn Dr. David B. Farley to answer further deposition questions in a pending civil suit over patient allegations of sexual abuse, finding he lawfully invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

  “He’s excused from answering questions due to that privilege,” Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Benjamin Souede ruled after an hourlong hearing Wednesday.

  Attorneys for more than 150 women and children suing Farley had urged the judge to order him to answer questions about his educational background, family and employment history, the business structure of the West Linn Family Health Center where he worked, the center’s policies and procedures and his involvement in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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• 14. Subpoena fight brings Mormon Church into West Linn doctor sex abuse case

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  David Farley has been accused of sexually abusing more than 170 of his former patients.

  Warning: This story contains details on sexual abuse allegations, including charges of crimes involving children.
  David Farley was a member and a leader of the LDS Church in Wilsonville.

  In 2016, an Oregon teenager went to see her longtime family doctor, David Farley, for a physical before her missionary trip. Like the doctor, the teenager was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He allegedly convinced her that a penetrative pelvic exam was necessary at such an appointment — a line he frequently used even when evaluating elementary school aged patients for a sports physical.

  Eight years later, the teenager — now in her 20s — saw on social media that Farley had been accused of sexually abusing his patients by masking his actions as legitimate medical care. She is now one of more than 170 of Farley’s former patients suing him and the hospitals and clinic he worked at.

  Her story, detailed in the lawsuit, is echoed in the stories of other girls who grew up in the conservative LDS church. These patients say in the filing that they received little if any sexual education and did not know what to expect at a gynecologist appointment, or what kind of conduct to watch out for. Many met Farley through the Wilsonville ward of the LDS Church, where he was a stake high councilor, or were introduced to him by other friends at the church. As not only a respected leader within the church but a doctor with a degree from Harvard University, Farley seemed inherently trustworthy.

  Though widespread allegations of sexual abuse against Farley first came to light five years ago, the church has not had to answer for the part it allegedly played — until now.

  Legacy Meridian Park Hospital, one of the medical institutions where Farley practiced and allegedly abused patients, is attempting to subpoena records from the LDS church. Those records could shed light on what church leaders knew, or should have known, about the alleged abuse.

  In response, the church has filed a motion for a protective order, hoping to prevent any disclosure of documents. Along with Farley, Legacy is one of the defendants in a nearly billion dollar lawsuit. Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center, where Farley also practiced, and the community clinic he opened three decades ago are named in the suit as well.

  All parties involved in the suit besides Farley have joined Legacy in asking the court to produce records from the church. The parties will make their arguments before a Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge at a hearing July 31.

  Attorneys for Legacy and the church did not respond to requests for comment. Farley’s lawyer declined to comment.
  The front glass doors with names of doctors who practice at West Linn Family Health Center.

  David Farley opened West Linn Family Health Center three decades ago, working there until 2020.

  Farley’s history

  Until his medical license was revoked in 2020 for photographing the breasts and genitals of underage children and other sexual misconduct, Farley practiced family health, obstetrics and gynecology in Clackamas County for more than 30 years. He opened the West Linn Family Health Center in the early 1990s. Farley was also a longtime leader in the church, serving as both a high councilor for the Lake Oswego stake — a collection of several wards within the area — and a member of the Bishopric, a three-person leadership council for a specific ward.

  In addition to his work with the church, he also volunteered as a team doctor for youth and school wrestling teams in the West Linn-Wilsonville area.

  Farley abruptly retired from the clinic in 2020 after losing his medical license and moved to Idaho. There he briefly worked as a substitute teacher until locals learned of the allegations against him, according to the Fremont County Joint School District in St. Anthony, Idaho. He now lives in Nephi, Utah.

  In Oregon, Farley was the subject of a two-year criminal investigation into his conduct by local police. That investigation, which lasted between 2020 and 2022, led to zero charges for the doctor and was disparaged by Farley’s former patients who said the officers and prosecutors handling the case were “grossly incompetent,” “dismissive” and “belittling.” The patients felt the criminal investigation was so poor they asked the Oregon Attorney General’s office to review the case.

  After standing firmly behind his office’s management of the case for two years, Clackamas County District Attorney John Wentworth last year joined the call for the state Department of Justice to take it on.

  The West Linn Police Department also admitted it “should have done better” in the investigation. The attorney general’s office has been reviewing the case for the past two and a half years but has not stated publicly whether it will open a criminal investigation.

  Legacy seeks LDS church records

  In its court motion to compel the church to produce documents related to Farley, Legacy asserts that recent deposition testimony from the doctor’s former patients indicates the church was at least partly aware of the abuse.

  “Multiple Plaintiffs have testified in depositions that the Church potentially knew, or should have known, of Farley’s wrongdoing and may share culpability in the abuse they suffered,” Legacy’s attorneys wrote in the filing.

  In an effort to aid its own defense in the suit, Legacy initially served a subpoena on the church for files related to Farley in 2024.

  The church turned over “limited documents, including various news articles about Farley,” but withheld most of the documents Legacy sought, according to the hospital.

  After recent depositions revealed more about what the church could have known, Legacy served the church with an amended subpoena in 2025. That subpoena specifically sought records related to Farley’s membership, discipline and church privileges as well as medical services he may have provided to members of the church, his volunteer work with kids’ camps and activities, and complaints made about him by other church members.

  The church withheld most of the requested documents. In a response to Legacy filed with the court, attorneys for the church argued that Oregon courts do not have authority over documents stored in Utah, where the church is headquartered.

  Attorneys for the church also posit that turning over the requested materials would violate clergy privilege, which is codified in Oregon law.

  Courtney Thom, one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs, said without the church’s records it’s impossible to tell just how many of its leaders knew of Farley’s abuse.

  “However, Farley appears to have deliberately placed himself in roles that gave him direct and trusted access to minors,” Thom said in a written statement to OPB. “Every institution that enabled Farley’s abuse — whether through silence, negligence, or misplaced trust — must be held accountable for failing to protect victims.”

  According to court filings, the church allegedly granted Farley special access to girls at the church, like having him volunteer as a camp doctor for girls’ camps through the church.
  Accountability for the church?

  While the Mormon church purportedly played a significant role in the doctor’s abuse — serving as a recruiting ground where Farley would convince girls and their parents that they should come see him at the clinic — it has faced little official scrutiny for any part it may have played.

  During the West Linn Police Department’s investigation of Farley, officers reportedly only reached out to the church once. Records from the police department revealed West Linn detective Tony Christensen emailed a leader with the church in the spring of 2021.

  A Utah-based attorney for the church wrote back to the detective: “In answer to your question, my understanding from my client, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is that the Church has no awareness of any allegation that David Brian Farley ever engaged in sexual misconduct on Church property or in connection with any Church-sponsored activity.”

  One month later, the attorney wrote to the detective again saying: “The below statement was true at the time I made it — as we really never had heard any allegation of misconduct having occurred on Church property.”

  The police records indicate Christensen never responded to this email or followed up with the church.

  Allegations of the Mormon church shielding sexual abuse predators within their ranks are not new.

  In 2023, the Associated Press reported how a risk management advisor for the church pressured a bishop not to testify in a criminal proceeding about an Idaho man who previously confessed to the bishop that he had molested his daughter. Earlier this year the Guardian reported on multiple lawsuits alleging alleging the church attempted to protect leaders of a San Diego ward who were accused of sexual abuse by several people.

• 15. Former West Linn doctor to face nearly a dozen felony sexual assault charges, letter confirms

  • 8 Oct 2025
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  Published: 6:09 PM PDT October 8, 2025
  Updated: 6:31 PM PDT October 8, 2025
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  CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — A former West Linn doctor, accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women and girls under the guise of medical care, has been criminally charged for the first time. A grand jury issued an indictment that includes 11 felony sexual assault charges against him, according to a letter sent to alleged victims and obtained by KGW News.

  The indictment of David Farley by a confidential grand jury came after a day and a half of witness testimony. Attorneys for former patients then shared the update with their clients.

  As reported in the letter, Farley is expected to be arrested, booked and arraigned on Friday at the Clackamas County Courthouse.

  The alleged victims have fought for years to bring the former family doctor to justice.

  Farley was facing widespread accusations of sexual abuse when he abruptly retired in August 2020 and later moved to Idaho. Multiple women reported him to the West Linn Police Department, and the Oregon Medical Board revoked his license in October of that year for "unprofessional or dishonorable conduct" and "gross repeated acts of negligence."

  He was sued by a group of former patients in December 2020, and the lawsuit has grown to include more than 170 plaintiffs, collectively seeking damages of more than $1 billion. The civil case is set to go to trial in January 2026.

  In 2022, a Clackamas County grand jury declined to indict Farley on criminal charges, putting an end to the county-level prosecution and drawing criticism from multiple women who had spoken out against the former doctor.

  RELATED: Detectives violated some policies during investigation of former West Linn doctor accused of sexual abuse

  In 2024, Clackamas County District Attorney John Wentworth sent a letter sent to then-Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, asking the Oregon Department of Justice to take up the criminal investigation and potential prosecution. Wentworth wrote that his office "has encountered significant legal and factual difficulties advancing the prosecution. That said, the allegations brought forth by these patients are deeply troubling and warrant a second review."

  KGW has reached out to Farley's attorney for comment.