Four troubled Catholic schoolgirls each visited their priest's rooms, alone, seeking guidance. What Peter Hercock did to the pupils of Sacred Heart in Lower Hutt instead left them feeling ashamed.
On Monday, the women broke their silence to expose the former priest for sexual abuse going back decades. Three had complained to the Wellington archdiocese in the early 2000s. The church investigated and paid them settlements after Hercock confessed – but it did not tell police.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/79516891/Former-priest-jailed-over-historic-sexual-abuse-of-Wellington-teenagers
On Monday, the women broke their silence to expose the former priest for sexual abuse going back decades. Three had complained to the Wellington archdiocese in the early 2000s. The church investigated and paid them settlements after Hercock confessed – but it did not tell police.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/79516891/Former-priest-jailed-over-historic-sexual-abuse-of-Wellington-teenagers
