"I'll say Gandhi because that's all he was. Mother Teresa. That's all she was," he said. "All I am is a patient delivery system. I work 365 days a year. I've been on call since I came to Clearbrook, seven days a week."

A three-month investigation of Clearbrook's finances by The Citizens' Voice found that [Nicholas F. Colangelo] and other executives at Clearbrook are paid substantially more than executives at similar nonprofit treatment facilities in Pennsylvania, and a larger portion of Clearbrook's revenues goes to salaries for top employees.

Some of the trustees on Clearbrook's board, which approved that compensation, have close family ties to top executives and each other, according to Clearbrook's annual filings with the Internal Revenue Service. Piccone's father, Arthur L. Piccone, is chairman of the board. Arthur Piccone's daughter and nephew are also board members. Until last week, Colangelo's daughter was also on the board.