Vancouver, True Crime podcast. While comes in my name is Mark. I am the host of the show. Before I begin this podcast may contain some details that may disturb some of the listeners viewer. Discretion advised this episode is called beware of sexual predators who take appointments. Thank you for listening. Thank you for supporting the Vancouver, True Crime podcast. Beware of the sexual predator who takes appointments, because he is the most stealthiest.
A Predators who are the most treacherous individuals, who can engage and Disturbing Behavior their crimes and behavior. Often goes unreported, they tend to be very charismatic and they are a highly chameleons of social predatory ability. Most often the victim is a woman, a vulnerable teen or children, majority of the time. The abuser is a man, he's charismatic, he's confident, he has a good reputation and a mile long resume to match. He's an excellent listener.
He'll Focus his attention on his targets causing them to overshare. He's also a very good manipulator, exploiting The vulnerability of his victims easily once he has identified the cracks of each of his victims armor. An example, a woman who's recently been dumped by her boyfriend, he'll maintain her sense of desirability. Through his compliments, her appearance using flattery and positive attention to win her
over. They also will exploit their victims Finance reputationally emotionally and most of the times, unfortunately sexually carefully covering their tracks to avoid. They seduce and discard a broad spectrum of trusting individuals. The ability to go undetected is perhaps the most dangerous aspect of predatory behaved by contrast individuals who are
outwardly. You serve and tolerant condescending or easily identifiable, social sexual manipulators have had years of practice of hiding their dark traits, sharpening their abilities and learning from trial and error of who they can apply their behavior and abuse to, and who they cannot? They're smart enough to be a wolf in sheep's clothing. Where disguise I use a term social Predator here to refer as a most stealthy Predator.
Although, the category offenses can blur social, Predators can certainly engage in multiple types of abuse being sexual misconduct. Obviously the most serious of one of the most commonality is that they prey on victims, emotion, and resource either for their own gain or simply because they enjoy doing so. Many social Predators, have Psychopathic narcissistic traits yet if formally evaluated, they might fall short of an actual diagnosis of an antisocial
personality disorder. They may lack the ability to present. They may lack the ability to perceive or care. How their behavior affects other leading them to break. Promises reveal private information take credit for other people's accomplishments. And get away with it by Nifty too often in a drawn-out. Dance with the victim that targets our ego and their unique
vulnerability. Sexual predators groom, a child by providing the affection in the attention that the child covets social Predators groom by providing admiration and respect he or she craves in some cases, Predators manipulate through Focus flattery. Why everyone has an area in which they are uniquely susceptible to praise affirmation or because some people become suspicious when
showered with obvious flattery. Social Predators, won't just focus on a person's need, but will confide how much, his or her emotions personally, resonates with them, the same emotions as their prey leaving the victims, feeling, both grateful and relieved, to finally have met someone. Who knows and understands how they feel, they often select victims. Who Already lack credibility based on background social status criminal records or
historical or other situational factors. this creates victim, vulnerability coupled with decreased credibility provides a potent power imbalance, which also serves to decrease the likelihood that the victim will report any of the perpetrators who have crossed the line many victims of sexual harassment or abuse, who suffered from a compromised credibility Romain Of in silent, they fear that the perpetrator will expose their own disreputable past or emotional problems.
And they're afraid that they will never be believed over an individual who holds relative power. There are those who take their time to shop to choose our victims carefully. They'll come back several times during their stocking period before acting out their sexual fantasy impulsions. They may start confiding and talking about personal aspects of their life. This is called the stocking period.
Before acting out their sexual fantasies, they will start usually confining and personal aspects of their life. Many of the very experienced and cunning manipulators to lower, their vigilance will talk about their wife and children. And if they're unmask, they usually use the person of deliberately exciting them. This is part of the behavior to transfer and project responsibility of the act upon
others. The broken trust the fondling obscene gestures and big youis sexual suggestion, harassment can often cause profound psychological harm on the victims. It will take some cases, many years, having a long-lasting impact things, you can do, if you are an appointment and you're feeling at it, he's at anytime you have the right to stop the session, if you're feeling uncomfortable or you feel that any Behavior verbal or physical, is crossing the line. Always listen to your inner
voice. If possible never forget. That the most important person you should keep in mind as yourself, your security is of primary importance, a farmer Penticton. Massage therapist has been ordered to pay more than a hundred thousand dollars. He had his license suspended for over 25 years for sexual
misconduct. The decision was released on December 21st by the College of massage therapists of BC find Leonard Cricket ten thousand dollars in ordered him to pay more than 95,000 dollars in cost. He's unable to reapply to practice and taupe 2048 the acts of sexual misconduct involves Six Women. Between the times of 2009 and 2019, when crack addict was practicing in Surrey in Penticton.
Some of the allegations include touching a patient vagina and inserting his fingers into a patient's anus. Pressing his groin and to a patient's groin and other sexual that by engaging in this conduct mr. Crackit that he has committed professional misconduct. The decision said the panel stressed. There's a strong need to express to mr. Crackit and other members of the profession that this type of conduct is unacceptable, sexually touching patients will
not. Be tolerated, the panel, also stated a strong message must be sent to the profession in respect of mr. Crickets other misconduct including engaging in close, personal relationship with a patient for personal and financial gain and practicing, massage therapy without a professional liability insurance. The public must have confidence
in the integrity. Garrity of the profession and the college ability to regulate the profession and the Public's interest, the decision said, this is one of the most serious cases ever to come before the disciplinary committee due to the nature and the gravity of multiple incidences of misconduct involving many different patients.
Extending over a period of time. The decision said, Sexual misconduct is particularly a serious form of misconduct because it involves a breach of trust, and the abuse of patients, the duration and frequency of mr. Crackit conduct was serious. And the impacts on the complainants or profound Leonard Cricket lived or worked in White, Rock, Surrey, and protectin British Columbia at the time of the misconduct six different form. Our clients of crackit filed allegations against him with the
college. Beginning, with the allegations filed in 2019, their names were redacted in the published report outlining. The reason behind the panel decision. This is one of the most serious cases to ever come before the disciplinary committee due to the nature and gravity of multiple incidents of misconduct involving many different patients. Extending over a period of years reads, part of the Guess. Fifth decision. The decision outlines 10
allegations. They range from touching the patients for non-therapeutic purpose or sexual purpose without the consent or inappropriate statements, including initiating faith-based conversations, the panel also found from August 20, 19300 M. November 21st, 2019, mr. Cricket. Entered into a close personal relationship with patients. Six engage in inappropriate and unprofessional communication with patients six. The decision said The college also said that cricket.
Violated. His order by failing, to inform immediately of any locations, he was providing Massage Therapy Services and it said he failed to have a shop room present while treating women in July and August of 2019.
One of the victims of the disgraced, former Penticton massage therapist claimed her faith and Christianity was weaponized to gain her Trust. She testified that multiple incidents during which crack it touched her vagina area pressed his own groin against her hand while he worked on her. The woman also testified that Cricket prayed for her during the sessions and sometimes they prayed together.
She now believed that Cricket exploited, her faith I was very vulnerable and I believe that he saw that and took advantage of that she testified During that same period. Crack it was subject to the college order. Requiring him to have a chaperone present while he worked on female clients. Patience, six told the panel a chaperone was indeed in the room during his appointments. But Cricket told her that person was simply job shadowing, and the person didn't actually observe the treatment.
Patient one testified about the impact. Of crack its conduct upon her intimacy. She testified that it made her more nervous and second guess people's opinions and recommendations. Patient one. Testified that it made her not want to pursue massage therapy or see a male practitioner. Patient. Three described experience anxiety attacks and other physical symptoms. Patient for has not seen a massage therapist since crack it and is now taking medication for depression and anxiety for
post-traumatic stress patient. Five feels that she has failed as a mother and has not seen a massage therapist since Cricket. Which has Affected her physically and she has heavily relied upon those treatments. Patients. 6 describes a feeling that crack. It took advantage of her trust and vulnerability. Patient to describes the effect of crickets conduct upon her. As a when patients six, rented a home from cricket, he helped him rent out other residential.
He owned patients, six testified that crackit asked her to help him rent out his properties, using her name crack. It knew that his reputation might be a little bit tarnished based on the news articles relating to the college complaints against them. The decision States crack.
It was born on August 5th, 1971 and is currently Lee 51 years old, he initially became a registrant of the collagen October, 23rd 1995, the college submits that he was at the material times, a senior member of the profession. The earliest misconduct was from late 2011, at that time. The respondent has been a registered massage therapist for more than 16 years. The most recent conduct was in 2019. At that time, the respondent has been registered massage therapist for more than 23
years. Well, the decision states that some of the victims have filed, a complaint with the RCMP court records. Just that crack. It has not been charged criminally. The particular in RCMP did not respond to a request for comment, in total the panel. Found that Cricket committed 36th separate acts of professional. Misconduct many involving touching for a sexual or non-therapeutic purpose. Cricket was also cited for flaunting a 20-19 order that was issued in the early stage of the
investigation. Action. Requiring him to have a chop room presence while working with female clients, filing weekly summary reports of his work and keeping the college appraised of treatment locations, handle finds a respondents personal relationship with patients 6 was serious. The respondents conduct was a breach of trust and abuse of power.
In Balance patients 6 was much younger and As a patient, the respondents close personal relationship was exploited for his personal and financial gain patients, ex told the panel. She began to seek reck and March 2019. When she was 21 years old for treatment of irritable bowel syndrome on the recommendation of her mother who was also a
client of crack. She testified the first appointment was at Lake City, Wellness in Penticton and later saw crack it at other locations, for a total of 27 appointments, over a period of seven months. Patient. Six told the panel she was aware of earlier allegations of crackit, but wasn't concerned, because she and Cricket were both Christians allegation patient one. The panel found in 2012, while providing massage therapy to
Patient one. Mr. Crackit engage in inappropriate and unprofessional conduct by hugging the patient. Made statements or inquiries of an unprofessional inappropriate and a personal nature, asking patient one. If he could pray for patient one and patient ones, placed his hand under patients ones undergarment or otherwise move patient one undergarment with outpatient one consent. Massaged or otherwise touched patients.
One labia. For a non-therapeutic and for a sexual purpose, he inserted his finger into patients, one's anus for non for a sexual. purpose allegation to The panel found that in March 2014. Well, providing massage therapy to patient to made comments and statements of an unprofessional and appropriate nature to patient to buy overly, sharing personal details about his life, including his eldest daughter, has daddy issues and God works room to heal people and God.
Works in mysterious ways and placed his hands under patients to undergarment. And move. Patient. Tubes undergarment with outpatient. Twos, consent massage That patients labia for a sexual purpose, directed patient to to the edge of the massage table, to spread her legs wide open when patient to did. So he placed himself between patient, two legs and had patient to straddle him.
He faced patient to while in a seated while he was seated in his position and pressed his groin into patient to his groin. The panel, determined by a Engaging in this conduct mr. Crackit breached, a section 2, a of the code of conduct of ethical conduct in effect and he committed unprofessional conduct and professional misconduct patient to describe the effect of crack its conduct upon her as a follow. Yeah, there was a continued preoccupation with doors locking
being locked. It would be intrusive thoughts and I had a lot of anxiety every time my Phone rang because I was terrified, he would call I knew that he had like assumed that he had my number. And every time my phone rang I would have this intense anxious feeling wondering who it is, was it him? I was very start early and
jumpy. If I worked around my house and something in the dish racks sought shifted suddenly, I would jump out of my skin so I was hyper Vigilant and continue to have Distressing thoughts and memory from that day. There was a fundamental sense of betrayal and exploitation because you're so vulnerable. When you get a massage, you're agreeing to have that person in most cases. You don't know. I didn't know him. Usually like you're by yourself in a room with him, it's so
vulnerable. And I was so honest about him how desperate I was so adamant that he could help me. He spiritual language, he saw a painting himself someone that God would use and God had use. So I felt a greater sense of trust initially because we shared the same faith. So here I am as a desperate patient, going to a professional licensed. Massage therapist who's also a Christian who speaks and spiritual term who exploited my desperation the trust. I had in him.
He exploited that power and balance he harmed me. And that was truly a huge emotional upset. Yeah. Fundamentally I trusted him. I believed in him. He said he could help me, he exploited. That and hurt me.
Even like to this day, I prefer not to see male massage therapist, because I feel very anxious in the beginning of the massage, even with a female when I saw a male chiropractor who specialize in treating migraines, I was anxious and nervous and sick like years on. Take all these factors, come together just to perpetuate as a Sense of betrayal, that he is exploited. The trust that I placed in him patient three the panel found that between 2009 and 2014.
While providing massage therapy to Patient three, crack crack massage. Otherwise the panel found that on or about November 10th 2016 while providing massage therapy to Patient three mr. Craig Barrett Prettyman Rest his groin against the patient's hand, the panel determined by engaging this conduct mr. Crackit not only that he committed, professional misconduct.
Patient for the panel found on February 19th while providing massage the patient for mr. Crackit failed to provide appropriate disrobing options or appropriately drape patient for causing patient for. To sign a consent form. While the patient was undressed and prone which exposed patients for breast failed to appropriately drape, patient for an exposed patient for buttocks without the patience for consent and massaged and otherwise touch the patient's groin area.
Without the patient's consent. He crack it has Add professional misconduct. Patient number five panel found in February and March 2019. While providing Massage Therapy Services to Patient 5, mr. Crackit pressed. His groin against patients, fives hand for non-therapeutic or asexual purpose. He placed his hand underneath patients, five undergarment massage patients five breast for a non-therapeutic or sexual purpose. The panel, the panel determined by engaging in this conduct mr.
Cracker. It. Breached section 21 of the code of ethics that are in effect of section 4 and the boundaries of standard of practice, he committed. Professional misconduct allegations 67 patients. Panel found and 2019 while providing Massage Therapy Services to patients X Mr. Mr. Crack addict massage, otherwise touched patients, pubis labia for a non-therapeutic and or a sexual purpose massage. Otherwise touch the patient's groin area for a non made statements inquiries of unprofessional.
Idiot nature. Including initiating faith-based conversations asking, patients, 6. If he could pray for her and or pray for patience six and her presence. Engaging in inappropriate and under professional conduct. By hugging patients, six made statements of unprofessional, inappropriate and personal nature by praying. He directed patients six to the edge. He directed patients, six to the edge of the massage table, to spread her legs is open, causing
their bodies. The come into contact, he massaged, or otherwise touched patients. Six gluteal cleft for a non-therapeutic or sexual purpose. And pressed is going against patients, six hand for a non-therapeutic sexual purpose. This is one of the most serious cases to ever come before the disciplinary committee, do the nature and gravity of multiple incidents of misconduct involving many different patients. Extending over a period of
years. Sexual misconduct is particularly serious form of misconduct because it involves a breach of trust and abuse of patients during the duration. Ian and frequency of crickets conduct was serious. The impact on his complaints were profound. Mr. Crockett has engaged in other forms of misconduct, including hugging to patients whom, he touched sexually.
Making inappropriate personal disclosures having inappropriate face bathe conversations with three patients, whom he touched sexually entering, into a close personal relationship with much, younger patients for personal and financial gain. If you been A victim of abuse or any type of abuse with a trusted professional setting or anyone, most important thing you can do is call 911 or right away. If you're in crisis, please call one eight hundred five hundred. Six hundred 30 808.
If you want to report a person under the age of 19 to the protection of the ministry of children or family development, you can call 310 1234. No area code is required. Please be safe out there.