Massage therapists say inappropriate behavior rare

[Siegehammer]

A priest of the Diocese of La Crosse is being removed from public ministry after accusations that he asked for sexual favors from a message therapist.

Fr. Bernard McGarty, 89, was given a municipal citation in Wausau on Thursday after a massage therapist told police that McGarty had demanded that she rub oil on his genitals, according to the disorderly conduct citation. The municipal code recommends a fine of $250 for that offense, but it was unclear from the citation whether McGarty had paid a fine as of Monday.

The therapist was working on McGarty’s leg during a massage when he lifted a blanket around his groin area and told her to rub oil on his genitals. The therapist told police that she refused and ran out of the room. As she was leaving, he yelled a derogatory term after her, according to the citation.

 

[tabycat]

If the priest was 89 he maybe ‘slipping’ into a ‘second childhood’.