Judge denies bail for prominent shrink accused of molesting patients

Not a good day yesterday for the formerly renowned child psychologist William Ayers, whom prosecutors say faked dementia to avoid a retrial on charges he sexually molested five of his patients. A judge in Redwood City denied bail for the 80-year-old former head of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He’ll have a competency hearing Oct. 1. Mercury News