Abbotsford (Josh Olund BCIT Radio A&E) – A former Abbotsford masseur is facing 21 charge sof sexual assault, according to court records. Reinhard “Bud” Loewen was first charged with three counts of sexual assault, but 18 more charges were added after he appeared in Abbotsford provincial court on May 14.
The Abbotsford Police Department (APD) issued release last December, stating that Loewen, 56, had been arrested and released after there were allegations that he sexually assaulted three women while providing massage treatments.
Loewen was then charged in March to three counts of sexual assault.Loewen formerly operated Bud’s Massage Therapy, located on the 35400 block of Munroe Avenue in Abbotsford.
According to an online listing that had been posted three years ago, Loewen was certified through “Brandon Raynor’s School of Natural Therapies.”
No further details have been released about the alleged assaults.
