Police investigating historical sexual offending at Dilworth School have filed an additional 33 charges as part of Operation Beverly.
Dilworth School in Auckland. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook
Additional charges have been filed against five men aged between 68 and 78, all of whom are already before the court.
The 33 new charges include indecency with boys under 16, inducing a boy under 12 to do an indecent act. indecency with boy under 12, unlawful sexual connection with a male under 12 and indecent assault
Since Operation Beverly was announced in September, police have identified over 80 additional victims, Detective Senior Sergeant Geoff Baber said. This adds to the 17 identified earlier in the inquiry.
All the additional complaints were being investigated by the Operation Beverly team, Baber said.
Charges relate the 1980s and some to as recently as the early 2000s.