Former IHS pediatrician faces new child sex abuse charges in South Dakota

Traci Rosenbaum
Great Falls Tribune
A photo of Stanley Patrick Weber from 1998 was listed as U.S. Government's exhibit 6 during the trial.

An indictment filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in South Dakota accuses former Indian Health Services pediatrician Stanley Patrick Weber of two new charges of child sexual abuse.

Weber, a septuagenarian who a Great Falls prosecutor described as a “serial predator,” was convicted last year of child sexual abuse for crimes more than two decades ago in Browning on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and goes to trial next month on a dozen more charges in South Dakota.

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In the Montana case, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris gave Weber just more than 18 years in federal prison, five years of supervised release and a $200,000 fine.

The newest grand jury indictment charges that between 1998 and 2005, Weber engaged in a penetrative sexual act with a child between 12 and 15 years of age.

The second charge states that between 2003 and 2004, Weber directly (not through clothing) touched the penis of a child between 12 and 15 years of age.

Both alleged incidents are said to have taken place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where Weber was a pediatrician for more than 20 years starting after he left Browning in 1995.

Weber’s other South Dakota trial is set to begin Sept. 23 in Rapid City.

Criminal justice reporter Traci Rosenbaum reports on law enforcement issues for the Tribune. Have ideas or questions for Traci on her beat? Reach her at trosenbaum@greatfallstribune.com or 406-791-1490. Follow her on Twitter @GFTrib_TRosenba.

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