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Jimmy Ellingham, NZ Herald, Publish Date Monday, 2 May 2016
UPDATED: 4.31PM She went to him for help, counselling and support, but instead the chaplain at a Catholic girls’ school raped the vulnerable young teenage girl.
He raped her with his “wretched Leonard Cohen” album playing in the background and his priestly robes hanging in the presbytery room.
Ten years later he raped her in a Women’s Refuge safe house as her children slept next to her.
More than 40 years ago, when attending Sacred Heart College in Lower Hutt, Ann-Marie Shelley turned to Peter Joseph Hercock, 72, for help.
Instead, he groomed her, always joking “I’ll see you in pieces” rather than the usual “I’ll see you in peace”.
Today, Ms Shelley said she got her own back: “I’ll see you in pieces” she said to Hercock, as he stared gun-barrel straight ahead while standing in the Wellington District Court dock, avoiding eye contact with those recalling the effects of his crimes.
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