A former Auckland Methodist minister has been charged with a sex offence against a teenager.
Kenneth Smith appeared in Rotorua District Court yesterday accused of indecently assaulting the 17-year-old youth at a motel on January 10.
He was remanded on bail to Christchurch District Court on January 26 after intimating that he would plead guilty to the offence.
He was a minister at Waitakere and Auckland Synod superintendent before moving to Christchurch.
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