NEW ZEALAND
The Dominion Post
MARTY SHARPE
September 17 2015
A former Anglican priest jailed for indecent assault has told a judge he is “truly repentant”.
John Tovey was sentenced to 15 months’ jail in Napier District Court on Wednesday morning after pleading guilty to two charges of indecent assault.
The offending occurred in Napier between April last year and January 2.
Tovey, 64, 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.
He held the position until late 2011.
The church suspended Tovey’s permission to officiate indefinitely, meaning he is not licensed or authorised to undertake any priestly duties.
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