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Offender Databases Patrick Thwaites

Patrick Arthur Thomas Thwaites

Alias

Father Patrick Thwaites
Father Paddy Thwaites

Offences

Sexual molestation of 3 Riccarton, Christchurch schoolboy parishioners in the 1980's and 90's
Further charges of indecently assaulting a boy on the West Coast in the mid 1980s

Victims

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Offender Affiliations

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Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born ?

Current Location

At large in Christchurch

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to 2 years 6 months in May 1999

Background
NZ Herald story here and here
On May 7 1999 another Catholic priest, Patrick Thwaites was found guilty of sexually molesting a boy and facing further charges of indecently assaulting a boy on the West Coast in the mid 1980s. He was removed from the public ministry, but is still a priest receiving a living allowance from the diocese of Christchurch.

From the Christchurch Press 11th May 2002
Riccarton's Father Paddy Thwaites was found guilty of sexually molesting three boys in the '80s and '90s and sentenced to 2½ years jail in 1999. He still lives in Christchurch at a Catholic rest home, Nazareth House, and remains a priest, but has been suspended from public ministry. Thwaites works part-time for Lamb and Hayward funeral directors

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