A Sunshine Coast doctor accused of raping multiple women, including two he met on a religious dating website, told one of his alleged victims he would "teach her" how to have sex before he repeatedly sexually assaulted her, a court has heard.
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The allegations against the 43-year-old man, who cannot be named owing to legal restrictions, were revealed during a bail application heard in the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Friday.
During the hearing, the court heard the man had been charged with multiple counts of rape against three women, including his estranged wife, and two others he had met online.
The court heard that during the man's marriage between 2017 and 2021 he had allegedly repeatedly raped his wife, including instances in front of their children, because he believed "he had an entitlement to sex".
He is also charged with her torture, as well as choking and assaulting her on several occasions.
The hearing was told that shortly after his marriage ended in early 2021, he met two women on the website Christian Connection, who both expressed that they wished to remain virgins until marriage.
Before meeting with the first woman, he allegedly called her about 40 times, questioning why she was not responding to his "requests and needs" and then went on to rape her repeatedly the next day, the court heard.
It is alleged he raped her again on two more occasions and at one stage told her he would "teach her" how to have sex because he was a doctor.
The second woman was allegedly raped a month later.
'Heightened and real' risk to estranged wife
Opposing the man's bail, prosecutor Courtney Brown told the court he was a "danger to the community" and particularly to his estranged wife, whom he had previously told "I will kill you" if she ever came forward.
"That threat and the risk to that complainant is now heightened and real."
The court heard the man, who had moved to Australia 10 years ago, had been suspended from practising medicine since being charged.
Defence lawyer Robert Glenday acknowledged his client was facing "serious allegations", but told the court they were predominantly "word-on-word" accusations and that the man had no criminal history.
"He is a man of good character," he said.
Justice Soraya Ryan accepted there was a "strong case" against the man and refused him bail, telling the court his lawyer's suggested conditions would not reduce the risk of him failing to appear or reoffend.
"There is an unacceptable risk that the applicant would endanger the safety and welfare of any person," Justice Ryan said.
"Not only the three named complainants but women generally in regard to the evidence of his attitude towards sexual intercourse … the intensity of his offending, the persistence of his offending and the chronology of his offending."
