A care home worker previously accused of sexual abuse raped an 85 year-old woman at a different care home, police say.
Manuel Corral, 58, reportedly held his hand over the woman’s mouth before attacking her at the Heritage Village in Mesa, Arizona, on February 14.
Corral, who worked as a night watchman at the facility, was reported to staff by the stricken women, with workers calling police.
An examination performed on the 85 year-old dementia sufferer found she had suffered injuries consistent with her allegations.
Her alleged was given a job guarding the women’s unit at Heritage Village in June 2019 despite two previous allegations of serious sexual impropriety.
In 2012, he was accused of forcing a woman to perform oral sex on him at a different care home.
And in 2014, an investigation alleged that Corral ‘would go into the female residents’ rooms by himself and shut the door.’
Corral is reported to have raped his latest alleged victim, and admitted the 2012 sexual assault during the same interrogation.
A spokesman for Heritage Village said all background checks were done on Corral, and that they’d come back clean, Az Central reported.
The spokesman added: ‘We are deeply saddened regarding the incident of assault at our community.
‘We are working in full cooperation with law enforcement and all governing agencies, and making every effort to restore comfort and peace of mind to our residents, families and staff.’
Corral faces six charges of sexual assault, one charge of sexual abuse, and a charge of kidnapping.
He is being held in lieu of $75,000 bond ahead of his next court appearance on February 24.
