{
  "id": 12545736,
  "title": "Breaking: Former child psychiatrist jailed for sexual abuse of patients",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/breaking-former-child-psychiatrist-jailed-for-sexual-abuse-of-patients",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T04:17:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-07/psychiatrist-benjamin-wen-sentenced-for-child-sex-abuse/107236528"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A former Perth child psychiatrist, Benjamin Wen, has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for sexually abusing his young patients and filming boys in public toilets. Wen, who used the name Aaron Voon, touched the genitals of boys during \"puberty checks\" between 2012 and 2016 at his clinic in Cockburn, Perth. He was found guilty in April 2021 of multiple charges, including indecent dealing with a child under 13 and persistent sexual conduct with a child under 16. In 2017, Wen was given a suspended sentence for making videos of boys urinating in public toilets across Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Perth. Parents of Wen's patients contacted WA Police following the 2017 case. During sentencing, Wen's rheumatoid arthritis, neuralgia, autism spectrum disorder, PTSD, and OCD were acknowledged, with his lawyer noting that prison would be harder for him than for a normal prisoner. Wen will need to serve eight years and six months before being eligible for parole.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Former patients report assaults inside locked mental health wards",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/former-patients-report-assaults-inside-locked-mental-health-wards",
        "published": "2026-10-06T19:40:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}