This Ohio social worker admitted to sexually assaulting a client and... you guessed it, he's still practicing. Ohio Board Members, are you OK???!

William S. Vestring is a licensed clinical social worker based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 2023, he entered into a "consent agreement" (bunch of BS) with the Ohio licensing board where he admitted to:

• Making inappropriate sexual comments
• Touching the same client during sessions between May–June 2022

So what did the board do?

They placed his license on indefinite probation.
They assigned him a practice monitor, required ethics training, and imposed “ongoing oversight.”

But they didn't revoke his license.
There is no criminal charge, no permanent suspension, no public-facing warning system.

And "indefinite probation" doesn’t mean forever, it just means he can petition to have it lifted when the board feels he's ready. Which means he could one day go back to unrestricted practice, and new clients would have no idea.

This is what we’re up against:
A system that protects the therapist's title more than the client’s safety.
A board that will literally document sexual assault… and still issue a license.

Ohio Board Members, are you OK???!