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One News
September 29, 2003

Church investigates abuse claim

The Anglican church has expressed its regret at an accusation of sexual abuse at a Masterton boys' home 41 years ago.

The complainant says he was molested by a staff member at the church-run Sedgley Boys Home, when he was 13.

Police have investigated, but say charges won't be laid because the alleged offender is now in his 90s and senile.

But the Bishop of Wellington, the Right Reverend Dr Thomas Brown, has acknowledged the allegation.

"We want to recognise the pain that the complainant has suffered. We want to do what we can to help that person get their lives together."

The home closed in 1988. The Sedgley Trust Board, which now runs a family care centre at the site, has been asked by the church to investigate the allegation.