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Self-described 'body and energy therapist' sexually assaulted a client
Gerald Peck exploited his client's trust by falsely claiming sexual acts were therapeutic, leading to an 11-year sentence at Lewes Crown Court.
- On Thursday , Gerald Peck, 77-year-old private body and energy therapist, was sentenced to 11 years in prison at Lewes Crown Court after a victim reported multiple assaults during therapy.
- Peck advertised himself as a private body and energy therapist claiming relief from depression and pain, telling the victim skin-to-skin contact and penetration were necessary therapeutic parts.
- On February 4, 2024, the jury at Lewes Crown Court convicted Peck of two counts of assault by penetration and three counts of sexual assault after prosecutors said he deceived the victim.
- The court also imposed a restraining order and ordered compensation of £9,730 payable within ten months, while Detective Constable Jazz Gannon praised the victim's courage and urged better safeguarding.
- The Centre for Women's Justice helped reopen the case after the victim said it was closed three months after the 2021 report, and solicitor Nogah Ofer urged therapy regulation to protect the vulnerable.
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Therapist, 77, who 'treated' patient's trauma with sex learns his fate
Gerald Peck of York Villas, Brighton, advertised himself as a private body and energy therapist,but he used his profession to sexually abuse a customer multiple times over an extended period during therapy sessions
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Great Yorkshire RadioTherapist who sexually assaulted patient 'as part of treatment' jailed for 11 years
Gerald Peck, 77, told the patient that the sexual acts were for genuine therapeutic reasons and would help to ease the pain she was experiencing.
Judge jails 77-year-old Brighton ‘therapist’ for 11 years for sexually assaulting client
A judge has jailed a 77-year-old Brighton “therapist” for 11 years for sexually assaulting a female client. Gerald Peck, of York Villas, Brighton, who called himself a “bioenergetic therapist”, was convicted by a jury of five offences against the woman, whose identity is protected by law. At Lewes Crown Court this morning (Thursday 12 March), […]
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