Mark Mannix Brown. Photo: NZ HeraldA former Waikato Catholic priest convicted and jailed for molesting young boys in the 1970s and 80s has again been jailed. Father Mark Mannix Brown pleaded guilty to four representative charges when he appeared in the Hamilton District Court in May this year. The former priest was jailed for 15 months in March 1990 for indecently assaulting two altar boys in the 1980s. The Crown laid four representative charges of indecent assault on a boy aged 12 to 16, attempted sodomy and indecent assault on a male.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 21, 2017 01:30 UTC