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Butte doctor sentenced for sexually assaulting patients

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BUTTE, Mont. – A former Butte physician was sentenced to 20 years with 10 suspended for sexually assaulting female patients at his Butte office.

Dr. Patrick McGree pleaded guilty to the charge in January 2019, to sexually assaulting his patients over the last several years.

District Court records show Dr. Patrick McGree entered a guilty plea in Helena Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, to one felony count of sexual assault in connection with inappropriate behavior with six different patients over a five-year period at his office in Butte. McGree had been charged with other felony offenses, but those were dropped as part of this plea agreement.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.