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Three further sex charges have been laid against the suspended principal of a Catholic boarding school for Maori boys.
Elvis Dobson Shepherd, known as Tihirau Shepherd, 46, principal of Hato Paora (St Paul) College at Cheltenham, near Feilding, now faces nine charges dating back to 1990, TV One reported last night.
Shepherd earlier this month appeared in the Palmerston North District Court on six charges. He entered no plea and was bailed.