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Allegations
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A former St John of God
brother has been committed for trial on three counts of inducing an indecent
act, after a short depositions hearing in the Christchurch District Court
yesterday. Bernard Kevin McGrath
faces three charges of inducing a boy under 16 to do an indecent act,
allegedly committed between February and June 1977. Prosecutor Andrew McRae
said the complainant was a student at Marylands School, Christchurch, under
the care of the defendant. Police allege that on three separate occasions
indecencies occurred against the complainant. Counsel Nigel Hampton,
QC, asked for all evidence in a victim statement before the court to be
suppressed. He said objection would be taken to the admissibility of the
entire evidence, on the grounds of cross- contamination. McGrath was remanded on
bail by Justice of the Peace Caroline Kellaway to appear at a pre-trial
conference in late October, subject to the conditions he not associate with
children under 16, or any former student of Marylands School. |
