A nursing assistant faced a judge on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a child while she was receiving treatment at a hospital in Manchester, New Hampshire.

According to police, it happened last month, but that nursing assistant, now identified as 25-year-old Alexander Colbath, was arrested on Friday.

Colbath made his first court appearance on Monday. Prosecutors alleged he touched the 8-year-old patient inappropriately.

Court records indicate Colbath was arrested at Elliot Hospital, but a spokesperson for the hospital would not confirm his current employment status. Colbath faces one felony count of sexual assault against a minor.

"The safety of our patients, staff, and visitors at Elliot Health System is our highest priority," a spokesperson for the hospital said in a statemen

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