Elora man agrees to no longer practice massage therapy after accusations of inappropriately touching 2 clients - GuelphMercury.com

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An Elora massage therapist accused of inappropriately touching two clients has agreed to never conduct the practice of massage therapy ever again.

In a Wednesday morning hearing in front of the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario’s (CMTO) disciplinary committee, it was revealed that Daniel Boggess had reached a deal with the college to indefinitely adjourn the proceedings against him in exchange for his resignation from the college.

With this undertaking, Boggess also agreed to never reapply to the college for certification, nor with any other regulatory college for massage therapists in the country.

As previously reported by the Mercury Tribune, Boggess was alleged to have done one or more of the following to a client during a massage session: treated the client’s gluteal region without her consent, pulled the draping down and exposed the client’s breasts and nipples without her consent, touched the client’s breasts without her consent, and touched or grazed the client’s nipples.

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Those allegations stem from an incident in February 2019 in Elora.

The statement of allegations notes that “(t)he touching and/or behaviour … above was sexual in nature and not of a clinical nature appropriate to the service provided.”

Boggess is also alleged to have added a late entry to his records regarding the treatment of the client at the centre of the allegations without properly dating it or identifying it as a late entry.

It was also revealed during the hearing that a second allegation of sexual abuse from another woman had come forward, with that incident under investigation.

With Boggess’ agreement with the college, there will be no action stemming from that investigation.

Boggess had been certified with the CMTO since October 2017, with no prior disciplinary history with the college. He officially resigned from the college on Aug. 4, the same day he signed the agreement with the college.


When the hearing was first scheduled in May, the college had set aside three days. However, that was later shortened to a single day.