Conviction Spiritual healing, divination, and mediumship Energy healing and therapeutic bodywork Longford, Ireland · 2024

David Reilly: conviction for assault during an energy-healing session

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

energy healer

Organization

Energy Healing Ireland

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The cited record identifies healing-session pretext, claimed removal of sexual blockages, and treatment trust as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is energy healer.

Spiritual healing or treatment

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Proceedings

2024-11-22 · jury verdict and sentence

Longford Circuit Court. Convicted of sexual assault and offensive conduct of a sexual nature; sentenced to 27 months with the final nine months suspended.

Documented coercion mechanisms

healing-session pretext
claimed removal of sexual blockages
treatment trust

Cited record

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high quality reporting verdict report The Irish Times, ‘Longford “energy healer” found guilty of sexually assaulting client’ (July 31, 2024).: Contemporaneous court reporting records the unanimous guilty verdicts and the evidence that Reilly told the client he could clear trauma-related sexual blockages through an energy-healing session.
high quality reporting sentencing report The Irish Times, ‘“Energy healer” sentenced to 18 months in prison for sexually assaulting woman’ (Nov. 22, 2024).: The sentencing report records the 27-month term with nine months suspended, the offenses of conviction, the treatment setting and the court's findings concerning Reilly's denial and victim-blaming.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2024/07/31/longford-energy-healer-found-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-client/ Corpus classification: high-quality-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-report. SHA-256 3819bc982d2d9a7dbab7d56a48c74566d4232a3bf063b79971c9b82ba76b0924
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Source and tier basis: https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2024/11/22/energy-healer-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-for-sexually-assaulting-woman/ Corpus classification: high-quality-reporting; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 a54ac0447bfadb6b9998aa06f8928554d6f48e51e9b7813f2c542a22322d4605
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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