Kansas City, Mo. ? Kansas University Medical Center officials were shocked Wednesday morning by reports that a respiratory therapist who worked there told federal agents he inappropriately touched at least one child and one adult.

Michael D. Toal, 55, of Kansas City, Mo., was charged late Tuesday with producing child pornography and attempting to distribute child porn over the Internet. He remained in federal custody Wednesday and is seeking to have an attorney appointed for him.

Besides having access to children at the Kansas City, Kan., hospital, Toal also briefly served as a volunteer last year for an agency that advocates for abused children involved in the Missouri court system.

Medical Center spokesman Dennis McCulloch told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Toal was fired earlier in the day after hospital officials read court documents that included statements he made to investigators admitting that he was sexually attracted to children.