NEW ZEALAND
Herald Sun
A CATHOLIC priest who moved from Australia to New Zealand a year ago has been removed from his duties at a Wellington parish after a police investigation.
POLICE have charged Aidan Kay, a priest at St Mary’s Catholic Parish in Blenheim, with an offence following a complaint, the Catholic Archbishop of Wellington John Dew said in a statement on Sunday.
“As this case is due before the courts no further details will be discussed,” he said.
Parishioners were informed about the situation at mass on Sunday.
The announcement was greeted with gasps and some parishioners cried, The Marlborough Express in NZ reported
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