and left New Zealand to live in England, he was extradited back to New Zealand and was convicted in 2004 of 21 sex offences committed between 1978 and 1987. The abuse continued with the knowledge of priests Michael Curtain and Fred Bliss. The Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth assisted in locating him abroad. In the late 1980s, he took up residence in England, where he was arrested in 2002. Woodcock received a 21 year prison sentence. Patrick Bignell, who taught in the Hutt Valley, was convicted of "crimes against boys". See also Catholic Church in New Zealand Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington St Gerard's Church and Monastery St Mary's Cathedral, Wellington St Joseph's Church, Mt Victoria Suzanne Aubert Francis Douglas (priest) Holy Name Seminary Holy Cross College (New Zealand) Southern Star Abbey List of Roman Catholic dioceses in New Zealand External links Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington, Archives and History Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington (accessed 11 February 2011). References Wellington Wellington 1887 establishments in New Zealand