Police are keen to ensure that visitors to health massage therapists are aware of what is legal and ethical, following the conviction of a practitioner for indecent assault. Brendon Clive Dorn, 34, is currently serving four months home detention after being found guilty of inappropriately touching a client at his Palmerston North massage business.
He has also been ordered not to work as a masseur while serving his sentence. Detective Andy Livingstone who led the investigation said: "My biggest concern is that customers or patients who undergo massage therapy are not necessarily clear about what they should expect, and may be embarrassed to question something they feel is inappropriate.
This case provides a good opportunity to highlight what practices are acceptable and when alarm bells should ring. To massage breasts specific consent needs to be sought.
Dr Kim McGregor of Rape Prevention Education in Auckland said: "I commend the Police for being proactive and providing sexual violence prevention information to the general public. For this reason every profession that has interactions with the general public should have specific sexual violence prevention training that identifies the policies and procedures to keep the general public safe.
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