Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand · 2010

New Zealand: Marist Brother convicted of eleven historic sex offences against boarders at a Catholic boarding school

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Marist Brother teaching at St Joseph's College, a Catholic boarding school in Masterton

Organization

Marist Brothers, St Joseph's College, Masterton

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The victims were teenage boarders at the Marist Brothers' own Catholic boarding school, living under the residential and religious authority the order's brothers held over them as both teachers and custodians.

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2010-12-17 · conviction

High Court, Wellington, New Zealand. Bede Hampton, a 62-year-old former Marist Brother, was found guilty by a jury on eleven charges (ten of indecent assault and one of committing an indecent act) relating to two teenage boys who were boarders at St Joseph's College, a Catholic boarding school in Masterton, in the early 1970s. He additionally pleaded guilty to two further charges of indecent assault against one of the boys; a third charge was dismissed. He was sentenced on 17 December 2010 to two and a half years' imprisonment.

Documented coercion mechanisms

religious-order brother's teaching office and access to boarders living under the school's residential authority

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national newspaper verdict report NZ Herald: Ex-Marist brother guilty of sex charges.: Report of the jury verdict against Bede Hampton on charges relating to two boarders at St Joseph's College, Masterton.
national broadcaster sentencing report RNZ: Former Marist brother jailed for sex assaults on boys.: Report of the sentencing to two and a half years' imprisonment on 17 December 2010.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ex-marist-brother-guilty-of-sex-charges/WD3UN2NH553QEH5ONMJG7YMI4Y/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper; evidentiary role: verdict-report. SHA-256 e493d35efd76903554e5be9f9653824b18e0f762ae2009cbfc696553fa95723a
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Source and tier basis: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/64414/former-marist-brother-jailed-for-sex-assaults-on-boys Corpus classification: national-broadcaster; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 7aff345cf7dd032d2f075aed80182c875dc23fc408ed7489037b1f9f606b7e1a
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