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# Alleged Scumbag of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/alleged-scumbag-of-the-day/
- Published: 2023-08-03T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-03T06:36:40.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

> Gloriavale’s overseeing shepherd is facing 27 charges of sexual offending spanning more than 23 years against 10 alleged victims.  
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> Howard Temple, 83, faces multiple counts of committing an indecent act on a young person and of indecent assault. There are 10 female complainants, ranging in age from 9 to 20 at the time of the alleged offending.  
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> He was given interim [name suppression when he was charged in July](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300921322/prominent-south-island-man-facing-16-sex-offences-against-six-alleged-victims?ref=goodoil.news), but did not reapply to keep his name secret during an appearance in the Greymouth District Court on Wednesday.  
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> Temple pleaded not guilty and elected judge alone trial. He was remanded on bail to reappear in October. Outside court he declined to comment.  
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> Court documents show the charges date from between 1998 and 2022\. Twenty-two of the charges are representative, meaning multiple offences of the same type are alleged to have been committed in similar circumstances.  
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