Case: 1:16-cv-08034 Document #: 12 Filed: 09/08/16 Page 1 of 13 PageID #:99
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DTSTRICT OF
ILLINOIS
PASTORS PROTECTING YOUTH, et al.
Plaintifs,
Honorablc Ronald A. Cuzman Case No:
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l:16-cv-08034
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Lisa lVladigan, Illinois Attorney Ccneral, in her Official Capacity,
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THOMAS G. BRUTON
Defendants
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DECLARATION OF DR. MICHELLE CRETELLA, Mq.,.F'CP THE PRESIDENT OF THE qOLLEGE OF PEDIATRI.CIANS [, Michclle Cretclla, declare under the penalty of perjury, pursuant to 28 USC sec. t746
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follows:
I' I am the President of the American
College of Pediatricians. I am a rerired board certified
general pediatrician with a special interest in adolescent mental and sexual health. I am a retired
medical doctor who practiced pediatric medicine in the states of Connecticut, Virginia and Rhode Island between 1994 and 2013. I have been certified by the American Board of pediatrics since October 1997.1
' I graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in
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1994; completed my internship and residency in general Pediatrics with honors at Connecticut Children;s Medical Center in 1997, and completed a College Health Fellowship at rhe University of Virginia Healrh Center in I999. I have served on the Board of the American College of Pediatricians since 2005 during which time I also Chaired the Adolescent Sexuality Commirree, rhe pediatric Psychosocial Development Committee and the Scienrific Policy Commitree. From 2010-2015 t served on the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity (formerly the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality or NARTH). I continue to serve on the Medical Committee of the Alliance for Therapeutic Choice. My full time position as President of the American College of Pediatricians began in April of 2015. Avocations include personal training, youth ministry and serving as a certified ibstinence