77-year-old British therapist jailed for sexually abusing patient under guise
Gerald Peck, a 77-year-old sex offender from Brighton who ran an independent practice in York Villas and was previously convicted twice before this latest sentencing. The court heard that he deceived his female client into engaging in sexual acts to treat her childhood emotional distress as part of "therapy." He has been sentenced immediately following the trial where prosecutors detailed how Peck exploited a vulnerable patient by promising therapeutic benefits for personal gratification, resulting in an 18-month prison term after earlier convictions.
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1A 77-year-old therapist in the UK has been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing a patient under his professional guise.
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2The defendant was jailed after deceiving an elderly woman into believing sexual contact would treat her childhood trauma and depression.
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A 77-year-old therapist has been jailed for sexually abusing a patient by using his profession to 'treat' her trauma with sex.
— [Mar 14, 07:12] Therapist, 77, is jailed for treating patients'strauma with se (Daily Mail)"A British court has sentenced an elderly therapist who deceived a patient into having sexual intercourse to treat her depression and childhood trauma.
— [Mar 13, 08:45] Greece sends its first female astronaut on spacewalk missionA 77-year-old therapist named Gerald Peck was sentenced to 11 years behind bars for sexually assaulting a patient multiple times under false pretenses. The court found that he used his profession as justification, claiming skin-to-skin contact and penetration were necessary treatments before admitting guilt on five counts of sexual assault at Lewes Crown Court.