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Dilworth s former chaplin, Ross Douglas Browne, appears at Auckland District Court on historical child sex abuse charges. The charges relate to two complainants and the alleged offending happened in the 1990s and 2002, while Browne was a chaplain at the school. Former Dilworth teacher and housemaster Rex McIntosh initially faced three charges of indecent assault and was further charged with four counts of indecent assault in December. As well as teaching at Dilworth, McIntosh also taught at Ruawai College for 16 years and was recently a relief teacher at Pakuranga, St Kents, Ormiston Senior and Botany Downs colleges.
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Dilworth School investigation: High Court trial date set
26 Jan, 2021 08:19 PM
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A High Court trial date has been set for four men after a police investigation into alleged historical sexual offending at Dilworth School.
Ross Douglas Browne, Rex Clarence McIntosh and two others with name suppression appeared for the first time in the High Court at Auckland today.
Not guilty pleas had already been entered to all charges while in the district court.
Browne denies 15 charges, most of which are allegations of indecent assault on a boy.
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The 72-year-old was a chaplain at the private boarding school from roughly 1979 until 2006.
Dilworth abuse: 80 more victims come forward, 33 new charges laid Tue, 22 Dec 2020, 10:04AM
Seven men had been charged after an investigation into alleged historical sexual offending at Dilworth School.
Dilworth abuse: 80 more victims come forward, 33 new charges laid Tue, 22 Dec 2020, 10:04AM
Police investigating historical sex offending at Auckland s Dilworth School have filed an additional 33 charges as part of Operation Beverly.
And 80 additional victims have now been identified, Detective Senior Sergeant Geoff Baber said.
Police today filed additional charges against five men aged between 68 and 78.
Baber said the new charges included allegations of indecency with boys under 16 years old, inducing a boy under 12 to do an indecent act, unlawful sexual connection, and indecent assault.