Sexual offending former Catholic school principal gets parole

Friday, October 30th, 2015

The former principal of a Feilding Maori boys’ school jailed for sexual offending against boys at another Maori school will leave prison in November, despite the Parole Board having concerns.

Elvis Shepherd will be released on parole on November 9, having served more than half of his eight-year, four-month prison term.

The 54-year-old was imprisoned in 2010 for sexual offending against students of Auckland Maori Catholic boarding school Hato Petera College in the 1990s. Continue reading

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