Priest Discharged over Indecent Assault

Otago Daily Times
November 10, 2014

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/322913/priest-discharged-over-indecent-assault

A Blenheim priest has been discharged without conviction over an indecent assault.

Father Aidan Kay, 71, formerly of St Mary's Catholic church, pleaded guilty in September to a charge of indecently assaulting a male over the age of 16.

He appeared in the Blenheim District Court today, where he was ordered to pay $1500 reparation to his victim, who has name suppression, and discharged without conviction.

Kay had been the parish priest at St Frances Xavier in south Hobart, Australia, for five years before his appointment to St Mary's.

He was relieved of his duties at St Mary's, which he joined in January 2013, after his offending was discovered.