Judgment day for nine black sheep of the faith

The following nine priests and brothers have gone before the courts charged with sex offences since 1990. Others have been investigated by the police and no further action taken, or dealt with internally by the Catholic Church.

1990: Father Mark Brown, Hamilton. Jailed for 15 months for indecencies on altar boys. He remains a priest but is prohibited from exercising any priestly ministry. The diocese of Hamilton provides him with a living allowance.

1990: Brother Kenneth Camden, Christchurch. Admitted indecencies against two boys and jailed for eight months. Remains a Marist Brother, in an administrative capacity.

1993: Father Robin Paulson, Southland. Admitted six charges of indecent assault of three boys and was sentenced to periodic detention. Returned to England, where he remains a member of the Rosminian order, working as a cook and gardener.

1993: Brother Bernard McGrath, Christchurch. Jailed for three years after admitting 10 charges of indecencies on schoolboys. At the end of his sentence, he also served a two-year jail term in Australia for child sex offences there. After that, he was removed from the St John of God order.

1993: Brother Sione Losalu, Napier. Jailed for 12 months on indecency charges against a girl. Has since left his order, the Society of Mary, and is now married.

1994: Father Peter McCormack, Palmerston North. Sentenced to four years jail for sexual assaults on a teenage girl. Defrocked as a priest.

1994: Brother Charles Afeaki, Auckland. Sentenced to eight years' imprisonment for 15 sex offences against boys, including sodomy. Afeaki was criticised at sentencing for being "a wretched hypocrite" for maintaining his innocence. He is no longer a Marist Brother.

1996: Brother Bryan McKay, Hamilton. Convicted of seven charges of indecent assault of male pupils at Marist Intermediate School and jailed for 21 months. Remains a Marist Brother, but is confined to administration work.

1999: Father Patrick Thwaites, Christchurch. Found guilty of molesting schoolboy parishioners. Sentenced to 2 1/2 years' jail. Has been removed from public ministry, but remains a priest and is receiving a living allowance from the diocese of Christchurch.