22 additional women accuse retired Mass. pediatrician of abuse [Video]

Twenty-two additional women and girls have come forward with allegations of abuse against a retired Massachusetts pediatrician who already faces more than a dozen charges for the alleged sexual abuse of two victims during their annual checkups over a period of more than a decade, prosecutors revealed.Dr. Richard Kauff, 68, of Norwell, was in court Monday where he pleaded not guilty to 16 charges associated with the dates of physical exams that occurred between 1991 and 2004. Charges include rape of a child with force and indecent assault and battery of a victim under age 14.The original two accusers first met each other through social media, after one of them posted an anonymous question on a social media group asking if vaginal penetration was a routine part of a pediatric exam. Through the post, the two victims connected and discovered they had the same doctor. They met with investigators soon …