Psychologist Richard Lenhart in Prison and Deemed a Sexually Violent Predator

Bellefonte, PA - Former state college psychologist Richard Lenhart, 57, is serving a state prison sentence for sexually assaulting two patients for more than 17 years.

 

Former Attorney General Kathleen Kane indicted Lenhart for conducting “touching therapy” with a women. Lenhart then submitted nearly 700 insurance claims for more than $71,500. He entered a plea accepting a conviction without admitting guilt, in 2015.

 

Lenhart was sentenced in 2016 to three to six years at Somerset state prison, and was deemed to be a tier three sex offender and sexually violent predator, and ordered to pay $71,557 in restitution and a $1,000 fine.

 

Bret Pallotto, "He’s in prison for ‘touching therapy,’ but doesn’t want to register under Megan’s Law," Centre Daily Times, 30 July 2018, https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/crime/article215633080.html