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By 3 News online staff
A Blenheim priest who admitted indecently assaulting a man at a parish presbytery believes a conviction for the crime would stop him entering Australia.
Former St Mary’s parish priest Alastair Aidan Kay appeared in the Blenheim District Court today for sentencing, but was adjourned so his lawyer could prove the consequences of a conviction.
Kay previously pleaded guilty to the charge, in which he slid his hands down a man’s trousers and groped his buttocks while trying to kiss him on the lips.
Defence lawyer Rob Harrison said the conviction would impact the 71-year-old returning to Australia.
He had already been banned from working in the Marlborough district, and a conviction would stop him returning to his former order, he said.
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