Posted December 19, 2016 04:19pm
(MSC News)---A new trial date has been set for a former physician assistant accused of sexually abusing patients at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Leavenworth.
A jury trial for 64-year-old Mark Wisner, of Horton, is now set to began April 3rd in Leavenworth County District Court. The trial is scheduled for five days.
The Leavenworth Times reports that comes after the two criminal cases against Wisner were consolidated.
He faces charges of aggravated sexual battery, aggravated criminal sodomy and three misdemeanor counts of sexual battery.
The crimes allegedly occurred in 2014 while Wisner worked at the Eisenhower VA Medical Center.
Wisner surrendered his medical license last year after at least seven patients accused him of abusing them.
In addition to the criminal charges, Wisner also faces multiple civil lawsuits that have been filed in federal court.