Overview

• Manz was convicted on one count of sexual assault for touching a patient’s breasts during treatment, with a jury acquitting him on five counts and declaring a mistrial on another
• Justice McMurtry delivered the sentence on June 23, 2025, choosing a conditional term to allow Manz to avoid jail and maintain family support
• Conditions include a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew, 200 hours of community service and participation in sexual offender programming
• The judge rejected both a firearms exemption and a sex offender registry order but mandated DNA sampling for forensic purposes
• Manz remains restricted by the Chiropractor’s Association of Saskatchewan from treating female patients over age 10 without an approved observer and plans to appeal