The Patriot Post® · Sickening Crimes Don't Get Public Employee Fired

There are some crimes that are at once incomprehensible and gag-inducing. Such is the case in Ohio, where a mortician admitted to sexual crimes against dead women. “Kenneth Douglas admitted in court that he sexually abused three corpses while he was drunk or on drugs, but he had sex with up to 100 bodies, he said in a deposition,” reports WCPO Cincinnati. An appeals court ruled that Hamilton County, Ohio, where he worked from 1976-1992, can be sued. According to Al Gerhardstein, one of the families’ attorneys, “The county had plenty of notice that Douglas was coming to work and was present at work while he was under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Had he been stopped, these women would not have been abused.” Indeed, how hard is it to fire a public employee? More…