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After Sitka doctor is convicted of assaulting patients, a former Ketchikan colleague comes forward

Johnson says Ketchikan Indian Community rejected her harassment complaint and dismissed her days later, years before McGrath pleaded guilty to sexual assault.

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Phoenix Johnson in 2012 (left) and today. Johnson was 26 in 2012 when she worked as a lab technician for Ketchikan Indian Community. She says she was harassed and assaulted by her lab supervisor, Dr. Richard McGrath, but when she reported the assault she was fired. McGrath was convicted of sexual assault in Sitka several years later. Now Johnson is telling her story. (Photos provided) Phoenix Johnson works in political advocacy and education now…

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KCAW broke the news in on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
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