The former dean of Dunedin’s Anglican cathedral has admitted seven fraud charges involving $665,000 missing from the Auckland University of Technology (AUT).

Kirkpatrick is the former partner of former Labour MP Tim Barnett.

In 1996 he was made the 10th Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral in Dunedin, working with the country’s first female bishop, Penny Jamieson.

 Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011 Otago Daily Times

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/173920/former-anglican-dean-admits-fraud

Jonathan Kirkpatrick pleaded guilty when he appeared in the Auckland District Court today and was remanded for sentence on October 6. [Read more…]