US Navy doctor accused of secretly videotaping midshipmen engaged in sex acts goes on trial -

US Navy doctor accused of secretly videotaping midshipmen engaged in sex acts goes on trial - International Herald Tribune

WASHINGTON: A Navy doctor accused of secretly videotaping Naval Academy students engaged in sexual acts committed a "flagrant violation of trust," military prosecutors said Monday as the doctor's court martial began.

Cmdr. Kevin J. Ronan allegedly used a video camera hidden in an air purifier in his home to tape Academy midshipmen he hosted at his house last year.

The Navy began its investigation in January after two men, one a midshipman the other a former student at the academy, allegedly found the recordings in Ronan's home and turned them over to authorities.

Ronan recorded midshipmen either with partners or alone in his spare bedrooms, edited them down to the sexually explicit content and transferred them to DVDs, Navy prosecutor Lt. Justin Henderson said. Hundreds of gay pornographic images were also allegedly found on Ronan's home computer.