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The Washington State Secretary of Health has revoked the license of Laszlo Molnar, an Auburn nursing home owner and operator accused of sexual misconduct.

The King County Prosecutor’s Office on Nov. 19 charged the owner and caregiver of two adult family homes in Auburn with one count of second-degree rape for what it claims was his Nov. 13 sexual assault on an 83-year-old, fully-disabled female resident afflicted with advanced dementia.

A family member of the resident alerted local law enforcement after learning of the sexual abuse.

Molnar’s license was immediately suspended in December after he was charged.

Molnar, 67, posted $200,000 bail at his bail hearing on Nov. 22 and was released from custody. Prosecutors, however, concerned that he posed a flight risk, persuaded the judge to increase the bail to $750,000, and officers booked him into jail with the new bail amount on Nov. 18.

According to KCPO spokesman Dan Donohoe, a trial date has not been scheduled in the Molnar case. His next hearing is a case-setting hearing at 1 p.m. April 2 in Courtroom GA of the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.