Osteopath Sentenced for Sexual Assaults on Two Patients in Brisbane

Published on January 19, 2024

A highly sought-after osteopath says he sexually assaulted two patients, one for an estimated 20 minutes, in a moment of madness and recklessness. Bernard Michael Rochford’s income was simply turned off when COVID-19 pandemic health directives impacted his Brisbane business,  a court has heard. The 53-year-old was handed a suspended jail sentence, ordered to do community service and pay compensation in Brisbane District Court on Friday. He earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assaults committed against longstanding patients during two incidents within 20 days of each other. Rochford was an established, successful and highly sought-after osteopath who owned a practice in the Brisbane suburb of New Farm, prosecutor Zachary Kaplan told the court....

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