NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand Herald
By Nikki Papatsoumas
Wednesday Sep 17, 2014
The Catholic Church says appropriate checks on parish staff are in place after a Blenheim priest admitted indecently assaulting another male.
Father Aidan Kay, 71, formerly of St Mary’s Catholic Church, pleaded guilty to the charge in Blenheim District Court yesterday.
The victim, who is over 16 years of age, has name suppression.
Kay had been the parish priest at St Frances Xavier in south Hobart, Australia, for five years before his appointment to St Mary’s.
He has been relieved of his duties at St Mary’s, which he joined in January 2013.
Speaking on behalf of St Mary’s, Archbishop of Wellington John Dew said before a priest was asked to join a parish, they went through a number of checks.
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