CINCINNATI —

A former Cincinnati Children’s Hospital doctor has been federally charged, accused of possessing over 150,000 images of child sexual abuse material.

Howard M. Saal, 73, of Cincinnati, appeared in federal court in Cincinnati Tuesday afternoon. Advertisement

Saal was previously employed as a geneticist and dysmorphologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

The state medical board shows his medical license as being active.

WLWT reached out to Cincinnati Children's Hospital, which responded with the following statement and said Saal is no longer an employee.

"The safety and care of children is at the core of what we do and who we are. We absolutely condemn the exploitation of children. We are cooperating fully with the authorities and Howard Saal is no longer employed with

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