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JAMES GREENLAND
The mother of a girl who was sexually abused by retired Nelson clergyman Alec Charles Brown has refused to accept his apology and his request for forgiveness.
In the Nelson District Court yesterday, the girl’s mother said the most devastating thing was that she couldn’t erase the irreparable damage Brown caused her daughter.
Brown, 79, who was a vicar at the Anglican Church’s Richmond parish until 1976 and more recently had volunteered as chaplain at Nelson Hospital, was sentenced to six months’ home detention for an indecent act on a girl younger than 12, after an incident in Nelson in January.
Brown admitted putting his hand down the front of a girl’s pants and touching her genital area after he was caught in the act by his wife. They have since separated.
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