A doctor is suing his medical school after discovering sperm
he donated 30 years ago was used to father at least 17 children.
Dr. Bryce Cleary has filed a $5.25million (4.23m) lawsuit
against Oregon Health and Science University for allegedly breaking an
agreement that his sperm would be used to father no more than five children.
The 53-year-old, from Portland, Oregon, branded the
university's fertility clinic incredibly irresponsible after claiming it also
broke another promise that the children would be born to mothers living outside
of the state.
Dr. Cleary, who went on to marry and have three biological
sons and an adopted daughter with his wife, says at least two of his offspring
conceived through the clinic have gone to the same school, church or social
group as his children, The Oregonian reports.
And he fears there could be even more children he does not
know about.
Speaking during a press conference while sitting beside 25-year-old
Allysen Allee, one of the 17 children he helped father, Dr Cleary said: Without
these promises I would never have participated.
Recently, Ive become painfully aware that these promises
were a lie.
The doctor is now trying to deal with the moral, legal,
ethical, and personal obligation he feels towards the 17 children, his lawsuit
said.
Ms. Allee, who was brought up in nearby Vancouver, Washington
and is expecting her third child, told reporters she found the idea of dozens
of cousins growing up in the same area and at the same age as her children
concerning.
The lawsuit claims Dr. Cleary donated his sperm when he was a
first-year medical student at Oregon Health & Science University in 1989
after the hospitals' fertility clinic solicited him and other classmates.
In March 2018, he began to learn about the children his
sperm donations had helped father after two young women contacted him.
The lawsuit claims the women used Ancestry.com data and
information given to them by the clinic to track down more siblings, as well as
Dr. Cleary who then used his own DNA to discover he had at least 17 children
born through sperm donations.
Mr. Cleary said: I want this not to happen to people. There
needs to be some sort of regulation.
I cant control the industry, but I can stand up and say this
isnt cool.
Tamara Hargens-Bradley, the spokeswoman for OHSU, said: OHSU
treats any allegation of misconduct with the gravity it deserves.
In light of our patient privacy obligations and the
confidentiality of protected health information, we cannot comment on this
case.
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