Barcelona trial sentenced to a penalty osteopath with 42 years in prison with sexual abuse 23 patients These are people whose private parts he touches without their consent, taking advantage of their trust. prenatal and postnatal treatments.
In a decision available to EFE, the eighth section of the Barcelona Court imposes: Sergi Deputy 42 years in prison for several people compared to 111 years requested by the prosecution sexual abuse crimes with or without penetrationand at the same time condemns him to pay compensation to victims ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 eurosin terms of legal liability.
In its decision, the court stated that this osteopath, who carries out his professional activity both commercially and commercially, private clinic found in Ronda Sant Pere in Barcelona like at home Sant Cugat del Valles While he was in consultation (Barcelona), he “committed a series of actions with the sole purpose of satisfying his sexual desires.”
In this way the court states: Between summer 2013 and end 2016The Sergi MP “attacked his patients’ compensation and sexual freedom” in a “lascivious mood” under the “guise of professional practice”.
The sentence states that the convicted osteopath “took advantage of the convenience provided by the extraordinary trust placed in him by patients due to his profession” to carry out these sexual abuses. reputation I have experienced both natural birth environments and motherhood or breastfeeding.
With “extraordinary confidence“What the patients entrust to him is the man who graduated from Physiotherapy, touch that has no “relatedness” to the requested treatment For the victims, one of whom he sexually abused during his seven visits.
Allegedly one of the victims He touched her breasts, vaginal lips and inserted his fingers into her vagina and anus.; She gave clitoral massage to another patient; He “massaged” another person’s breasts; He told a woman her “pubic bone was out of place” and “put his fingers inside her” after asking her to take off her panties… and so on for the 23 victims who testified at the hearing last May. They described the abuse they suffered behind closed doors.
“Even if patients felt awkward in the sessions, they tried to convince themselves that these practices were appropriate and justified this by finding themselves in a protected professional environment and also in the presence of a professional with a good reputation.” room claims.
The court notes that women suffer as a result of these sexual abuses.moral and psychological damage“, as evidenced by expert evidence conducted during the oral hearing.
The prosecutor’s office requested a prison sentence of 10 years for the crime of sexual abuse with continuous penetration, a prison sentence of 56 years in total for the crime of sexual abuse with 7 penetrations, and a prison sentence of 39 years in total for the crime of sexual abuse with 7 penetrations, for the osteopath, who was detained for precautionary purposes in this case. A total of 6 years for 13 sexual abuse crimes and 2 continuous sexual abuse crimes.
Finally, the Barcelona Court sentenced the osteopath, who no longer does sports and retired as a member years ago, to 42 years in prison:
Seven years and one day in prison for sexual abuse by continuous penetration; sentenced to an additional sixteen years in prison for sexual abuse against four women; Six women were sentenced to up to six years in prison for continuous sexual abuse, and 13 victims were sentenced to up to thirteen years in prison for sexual abuse.