by Dewey Terrill

JUNCTION CITY – A preliminary hearing was held Wednesday for a Geary County physician accused on one charge of Aggravated Sexual Battery.

The hearing for Dr. Allan D. Holiday Jr. lasted just over one and a half hours in District Court.

Holiday is accused in connection with a July 26 case involving a then 16-year old and now 17-year old teenage boy from Herington.

During testimony, the boy’s father, Robert Clark, explained that he received a call in the early morning hours from his son asking him to come and get both his son and a friend, both of whom had been staying at Holiday’s house in Junction City.

He stated that when he asked what happened, he was informed that Holiday had put his hand on his son’s penis.

Clark drove to Junction City and picked up the two boys, who had been hiding in bushes behind the McDonald’s Restaurant on South Washington Street waiting for him.

They had left Holiday’s house, called Robert Clark, who then drove to Junction City from Herington to pick them up.

They then went to the Junction City Police Department and filed a report.

Robert Clark stated the next morning Holiday contacted him and asked if he could come to his home to speak to him.

Clark said Holiday told him he believed he had inappropriately touched his son, said he was sorry, and asked for forgiveness.

Clark noted he was sure Holiday was sorry, and had unknown to Holiday recorded him on a cell phone during the conversation.

“So everyone knew he came over to my house and admitted he touched my son inappropriately,” Clark testified.

Clark, who is a former Herington police officer, said he told Holiday that he didn’t believe the doctor needed to be around little boys any more, and the doctor agreed he had a problem and didn’t need to be around them anymore.

The teenage victim in the case, testified about the incident, describing in detail Holiday’s alleged actions.

The second teenage boy who had been staying at Holiday’s residence also testified, explaining how he had gone to turn down a thermostat and when he returned was informed by the victim what had occurred.

Defense attorney Bob Pottroff initially moved to have the proceeding closed but that motion was not granted.

During his examination of the two youth, there was a discrepancy on the length of time involved in the specific incident and the victim at one point said Holiday had touched him for ten minutes, but the second witness testified he had been informed of Holiday’s alleged action, but not that it had happened for 10 minutes.

In a second case authorities confirmed Holiday was arrested Wednesday night at his Junction City home on suspicion of a bond violation for allegedly contacting a juvenile witness two times.

Holiday has been bound over arraignment and trial on the Aggravated Sexual Battery charge and a hearing on the bond violation count on December 4, but that is expected to be moved to another date.

Holiday is a former orthopedic surgeon at Geary Community Hospital. In September Hospital officials confirmed that Holiday was no longer employed there.