Sydney dentist jailed for sexually abusing three women

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 9 Oct, 07:55 · Archive

A Sydney dentist has been jailed for at least three years for sexually abusing three women using his professional position.

Maged Fouad Farag, a 62-year-old dental surgeon who operated a clinic in southern Sydney, has been jailed for at least three years for sexually abusing three young women. The women, aged between 19 and 25, were abused over a five-year period. Judge John Pickering described Farag as 'evil' and noted that he exploited his professional position to earn the women's trust.

Farag used the pretext of 'skin checks' and 'massages' to persuade the women to undress and sexually abuse them. In one case, he told a woman that she needed to remove her underwear, saying: 'I need to look through it all and you need to lose your bra and undies as well.' He then took naked photographs of her without performing any actual medical examination. Judge Pickering remarked: 'Of course he was not doing a skin check, he was, as part of his deviancy… getting some form of sexual satisfaction by taking photographs of her.'

On another occasion, Farag asked the same woman to undress again and touched her breasts, inner thigh and genitalia, and sucked on her nipple. One woman came forward to Sydney City Police in 2024, prompting the investigation and prosecution. Farag was sentenced at Sydney's Downing Centre District Court on Friday.

How it is being reported

• ‘Evil’ dentist Maged Fouad Farag jailed for sexually abusing three women at Sydney clinicAn “evil” Sydney dentist used his position to deceive and sexually abuse three women under the ruse of “skin checks” and “massages”. WARNING: DistressingPerth Now · 9 Oct, 07:32
• ‘Evil’ dentist Maged Fouad Farag jailed for sexually abusing three women at Sydney clinicAn “evil” Sydney dentist used his position to deceive and sexually abuse three women under the ruse of “skin checks” and “massages”. WARNING: DistressingThe West Australian · 9 Oct, 07:32

In this story: Maged Fouad Farag · Judge John Pickering · Sydney · Downing Centre District Court

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