Australian Naturopath Jailed for Sex Crimes and a Former Priest Pleads Guilty to Child Sex

by Gopalan on  October 28, 2008 at 10:46 AM Lifestyle News
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Perversions in avowedly noble callings are perhaps becoming the order of the day. A Melbourne naturopath jailed for 16 years for sex crimes while an ex-priest has pleaded guilty to child sex.

Fifty-three-year-old Michael Wilson inappropriately massaged 13 female patients including two children over an 18 year period at his clinics in the Melbourne suburbs of Prahran and Blackburn.

Wilson was found guilty in May of 22 counts of indecent assault, 11 of rape and one each of sexual penetration of a child under 16 and committing an indecent act with a child under 16.

His victims were all women who sought naturopathic and massage treatment at his practices in Mont Albert and Prahran between 1987 and 2006.

In sentencing, County Court Judge Liz Gaynor said Wilson is a callous, self-centred sexual abuser, who was so arrogant his actions continued even after complaints were made.

"I can only regard each of your victim as vulnerable females on who you preyed on remorselessly," she said.

Outside court, Detective Sergeant Eddie Logonder said Wilson was a serious sexual predator.

"I'd consider Michael Wilson one of the worst sex offenders I've come across," he said.

He must serve at least 12 years in prison.

In the other incident, a former priest who kept slow-motion footage of a boy masturbating among his child-porn stash has been held in custody before being sentenced next month.

Edmund John Haines, 62, has pleaded guilty to six counts of an indecent act with a child under 16, procurement of a minor for child pornography and possessing child porn.

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