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Allegations
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A former St John of God
brother is standing trial in the high court in Christchurch on charges of
sexually abusing boys. Bernard Kevin McGrath,
58, faces 54 charges relating to his time at Maryland's Residential School in
the 1970s. He has pleaded guilty
to one charge, that of indecently assaulting a boy under the age of 16. The Crown alleges
McGrath abused 16 boys between 1974 and 77. The trial is set down
for three weeks. |
