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Allegations
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An elderly man accused
of sexually abusing youngsters decades ago at a Wellington children's home
has died. Police plan to end
their investigation into allegations of historical sexual abuse against a
staff member of the former Berhampore Children's Home. Detective Senior
Sergeant Simon Perry said the accused man died on November 21. Up to five police
officers had been working on the investigation since August, after a former
resident of the Merton St Presbyterian Social Support Association home for
orphaned and abandoned children made a complaint. A dozen women and men,
who lived at the home between the late 1950s and 1970s, later came forward
and alleged sexual abuse against the former staff member. |
