But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
Genesis 13:13
"An 81-year-old Catholic brother and schoolteacher from Napier has been sentenced to a second term of home detention for sexually abusing children when he was teaching in Masterton more than 40 years ago.
Kevin Peter John Healy was sentenced in Napier District Court today on five charges of indecency in the 1970s, involving a girl aged 8 or 9, and her brother and another boy who were at the time aged 12 and 13.
At least four victims have now been identified, with offending having first come to light in 2016, leading to Healy's first convictions and home detention sentence the following year. for offences with a boy in 1981-82.
He was later charged with the offences which were before the court today, at one stage seeking a stay of prosecution because of his age.
But he admitting to the charges in February this year after a sentencing indication hearing at which Judge Geoff Rea offered a "starting point" of two and a half years' jail.
Judge Rea took into account the offender's age and infirmity in deciding against a prison sentence and imposing a term of nine months' home detention with six months of post-sentence conditions, all including banning contact with people under the age of 16 without appropriate written consent.
A male victim in court to witness today's sentencing, describing the sentence as "a bit light"."
NZHERALD
Genesis 13:13
"An 81-year-old Catholic brother and schoolteacher from Napier has been sentenced to a second term of home detention for sexually abusing children when he was teaching in Masterton more than 40 years ago.
Kevin Peter John Healy was sentenced in Napier District Court today on five charges of indecency in the 1970s, involving a girl aged 8 or 9, and her brother and another boy who were at the time aged 12 and 13.
At least four victims have now been identified, with offending having first come to light in 2016, leading to Healy's first convictions and home detention sentence the following year. for offences with a boy in 1981-82.
He was later charged with the offences which were before the court today, at one stage seeking a stay of prosecution because of his age.
But he admitting to the charges in February this year after a sentencing indication hearing at which Judge Geoff Rea offered a "starting point" of two and a half years' jail.
Judge Rea took into account the offender's age and infirmity in deciding against a prison sentence and imposing a term of nine months' home detention with six months of post-sentence conditions, all including banning contact with people under the age of 16 without appropriate written consent.
A male victim in court to witness today's sentencing, describing the sentence as "a bit light"."
NZHERALD