Police are considering charges against Catholic priests involved in
hiding Alan Woodcock's nine years of sexual abuse against schoolboys and
young men. Woodcock, 56, a former Marist priest, teacher and
counsellor, was yesterday sent to jail for seven years for 21 sex
offences committed between 1978 and 1987.
Judge Bridget Mackintosh, sitting in the Wellington District Court, noted that Woodcock would have faced a much stiffer sentence than the 10-year maximum available had the crimes occurred under present law.
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Judge Bridget Mackintosh, sitting in the Wellington District Court, noted that Woodcock would have faced a much stiffer sentence than the 10-year maximum available had the crimes occurred under present law.
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