Former Montco Masseur Gets Jail Time For Inappropriately Touching Female Client

ABINGTON, PA — A man who formerly worked as a massage therapist at an area spa has been sentenced to time behind bars for being inappropriate with a female client during a visit to the business, according to media reports and court records.

Leon Morancie, 28, of Northeast Philadelphia, was given 3 to 23 months at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in connection with a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of indecent assault without consent of others.

Court records show that Morancie, who entered a guilty plea back in March, was sentenced on June 27 by Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Wendy Rothstein.

A summary harassment charge was dismissed in exchange for the misdemeanor guilty plea.

A report in the Mercury newspaper says that Morancie inappropriately touched a female client while working at Heaven Spa in the Jenkintown section of Abington Township back in the spring of 2020.

The story says that Morancie touched the victim on her genitals during a massage, and asked if she wanted him to do her a favor, to which she reportedly replied, "no thanks."

In addition to the county jail sentence, Rothstein also ordered Morancie to perform 100 hours of community service, comply with Megan's Law registration requirements, to have no contact with the victim, and to stay away from Heaven Spa.

The judge also prohibited Morancie from ever again working in the massage therapy field.