A former St. Luke's University Hospital nurse accused of sexually assaulting a patient is now facing trial in the case.

John Spanogle, 31, of the 1700 block of North New Street in Bethlehem, waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday on a single count of indecent assault. The waiver means the charges head to Lehigh County Court, where Betpas Spanogle now faces possible trial.

Spanogle is free on $10,000 unsecured bail in the case. His attorney, Thomas Carroll did not immediately return a message seeking comment about the accusations.

The charge stems from a Dec. 14 incident at St. Luke's in Fountain Hill, prosecutors previously said.

Radiology nurse accused of indecently assaulting patient

At the time of the alleged assault, Spanogle was working as a nurse in the Internal Radiology department at the hospital at 801 Ostrum St. Spanogle is no longer employed at the health network.

The patient had a procedure performed that day. After the procedure was complete, Spanogle allegedly made inappropriate comments and then comments of a sexual nature to her.

Once they were in the patient's room, Spanogle molested her and exposed himself to her, according to prosecutors.

The victim reported the incident, which was investigated by Detective Andrew Millen, a sex abuse investigator for the district attorney's office.

"Based on our review of the information, we do not believe Mr. Spanogle had inappropriate contact with any other patient," the hospital previously said.

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