Former assistant principal pleads guilty to swathe of sex allegations at Auckland's Dilworth School

The 60-year-old is facing a charge of indecent assault alleged to have occurred at Dilworth boarding school in 1990.

A man's pleaded guilty to charges as a fresh swathe of allegations are laid over alleged historical sex abuse at Auckland's Dilworth School.

Ian Wilson, 69, faced five new charges today in the Auckland District Court and has admitted to them all.

The charges were of indecently assaulting two boys aged under 16 in the 1970s, and a boy under 14 in 1992.

He was the former assistant principal.

The Auckland school is at the centre of an ongoing investigation into historical abuse.

Another accused man, Ross Browne, has pleaded not guilty to his new charges.

He has been remanded on bail to appear in the High Court.

A third accused, Rex McIntosh, has also pleaded not guilty to the four new charges he is facing, which are indecently assaulting a then-12-year-old boy, a 14-year-old boy and another boy aged 14 or 15 in the 1970s.

He has also been remanded on bail to next appear in the High Court.

A fourth man to appear, who has name suppression, has pleaded not guilty to several new charges of indecent assault on boys between ages 13 and 16 in the 1970s and 1980s.

The last man to appear in the Auckland District Court, whose name is also suppressed, has also pleaded not guilty to all new charges.

He faced five new allegations today of indecently assaulting two boys under 12 in the early 2000s, and one of indecently assaulting a boy under 16 in 1981.

Dilworth Trust Board chair Aaron Snodgrass said the school was unable to comment on details relating to the additional charges becaues the matter was currently before the courts.

Snodgrass said the school "deeply regrets" any Old Boy that suffered abuse while at Dilworth and apologises to any who have been affected by the abuse.

He said the school continued to cooperate with police as they conducted investigations. 

"We fully support any Old Boys who want to contact the Police and the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care regarding any experiences from their time at Dilworth," he said.

"Our focus remains on providing our Old Boys with the professional support they need, including access to a confidential, free Listening Service and counselling for those wanting to discuss their experiences with an experienced and independent clinical psychologist.”

Today, police investigating the historical sexual offending allegations at Dilworth School in Auckland said they had identified over 80 additional accusers .

Arrests in the cases started in September after the police's Auckland City criminal investigation branch looked into a complaint made in 2019.

Offending is alleged to have happened over several decades from the 1970s through to the early 2000s.

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