NZ Herald
January 20, 2004

Extradited former priest remanded on bail
NZPA

A former Wellington Catholic priest extradited from Britain over child-sex charges was remanded on bail when he appeared in Upper Hutt District Court this morning.

Alan Woodcock, formerly of Upper Hutt, lived in England from the late 1980s but a High Court decision issued from London in November ruled he must return to New Zealand to face trial on charges involving 12 boys dating back more than 20 years.

Woodcock, who returned to New Zealand at the weekend, was remanded on bail to reappear in court on February 4.

Woodcock faces charges of indecently assaulting boys at Silverstream, Upper Hutt, and Palmerston North between 1982 and 1985 while working as a teacher.