NEW ZEALAND
Dominion Post
An Anglican priest has been charged with sexually violating a woman in Napier.
John Tovey appeared in Napier District Court on Wednesday to face two charges of sexually violation and one charge of indecent assault. The alleged offending occurred in Napier between April last year and January 2.
Tovey, 64, did not enter a plea and was remanded on bail until next month.
He was previously a vicar in North Canterbury and a priest in charge at Churton Park in Wellington for five years, and then in Wainuiomata for 10 years, before moving to Hawke’s Bay in 2010, where he became associate priest at All Saints parish in Taradale, a position he held until late 2011.
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