Exclusive: Judge describes Gerald Peck, who was banned from practising in the 1980s, as ‘a charlatan and a fraud’
A therapist who claimed he could heal birth trauma through sexual touching and oral sex has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Gerald Peck, who has live profiles promoting his work as a bodywork psychotherapist, was convicted of five sexual offences on 2 February, after being charged in October 2024.
Handing down the sentence at Lewes cown court on Thursday, Judge Mooney said: “The young woman who came to see you believed you could help her at a particularly difficult time in her life. She had every reason to believe she could trust you.
“All the information you provided to her led her to believe you were a qualified bioenergetics practitioner. That was a lie.
