A Napier-based Anglican minister has pleaded guilty to indecent assault charges. John
Hamilton Tovey, 64, pleaded guilty to two charges of indecent assault
on females aged over 16, in Napier District Court this morning. The
alleged offending occurred in Napier between April last year and January
2.
A third charge was withdrawn. He was remanded on bail to be sentenced on September 17. Tovey was a vicar in Wainuiomata for more than 10 years before he moved to Hawke's Bay in 2010 to take up the associate priest role in the Taradale parish. He left the following year.
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A third charge was withdrawn. He was remanded on bail to be sentenced on September 17. Tovey was a vicar in Wainuiomata for more than 10 years before he moved to Hawke's Bay in 2010 to take up the associate priest role in the Taradale parish. He left the following year.
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