On Tuesday, Moonie was sentenced to six years and five months in prison when he appeared at the Auckland District Court. A survivor of his abuse, Roger Allison, took the step of asking the court to lift his statutory name suppression.
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Roger Allison told his abuser that he forgives him in court on Tuesday. He wept as he told the court of the devastation caused by Moonie’s sexual offending, and described Moonie and his friends as “cockroaches”. He spoke of a broken marriage and financial losses. He ended his statement by telling Moonie: “One final thing, Wayne – I forgive you.”
Accused Dilworth abuser previously jailed for sex offences
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One of the Dilworth School tutors accused of sexual abuse who recently died can now be publicly identified.
And it can also be revealed that Keith William Dixon was previously jailed in 2014 for historic sex offences.
Dixon, 70, recently lived in Palmerston North.
But his links to Dilworth School in Auckland attracted the attention of investigators with Operation Beverly, the police inquiry into sex abuse at the school.
The investigation has led more than 80 complainants to come forward and resulted in dozens of charges.
Dixon first appeared on March 1 in Auckland District Court, alongside Graeme Charles Lindsay of Levin.
Press Release – New Zealand Police
Detective Senior Sergeant Geoff Baber, Auckland City CIB:
Two further arrests have been made as part of the Police investigation into historical sexual offending at Dilworth School in Auckland.
Those arrests are as follows:
A 71-year-old Levin man will face three charges in relation to indecency with boys.
A 70-year-old Palmerston North man has been charged with three counts of indecent assault and one charge of inducing a boy to do an indecent act.
Both men are bailed to appear in the Auckland District Court on 1 March 2021.
The investigation team have spoken to over 100 former students who have been identified as being victims of sexual abuse while attending the school, since Operation Beverly was first announced to the public in September 2020.
Dilworth School in Auckland.
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Ross Douglas Browne, Rex McIntosh and two other men who have name suppression appeared at the High Court at Auckland on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to each charge they face.
They will stand trial in April next year with proceedings set down for 12 weeks.
The men - all now in their 60s and 70s - were remanded on continued bail.
They face dozens of charges, including indecent assault against a boy under 16 and some against boys under 12.
The police investigation into historical sexual offending dating back to the 1980s is continuing.