At the time of the offending, Kirkpatrick was the vicar at St Michael and All Angels in Christchurch.<\/p>\n
He would later go on to be dean at St Paul\u2019s Cathedral in Dunedin for five years until 2001.<\/p>\n
Kirkpatrick was jailed for more than three years in 2011 for stealing more than $665,000 from Auckland University of Technology, where he had worked as chief executive of its Business Innovation Centre.<\/p>\n
He remains in custody before sentencing for the sexual assault<\/a>.<\/p>\n A jury unanimously found him guilty last Friday after a week-long trial.<\/p>\n The victim, who was about 18 at the time of the attack, told the jury that when he was a teenager he would regularly meet with Kirkpatrick after school to smoke marijuana at his house.<\/p>\n The victim knew Kirkpatrick was gay but had no concerns his motivations were sexual until the night of the attack.<\/p>\n The pair drank alcohol and smoked cannabis at Kirkpatrick\u2019s bach in Lake Coleridge on the night of the attack.<\/p>\n The younger man said he became so intoxicated he was put to bed by Kirkpatrick, but woke to find the then-priest violating him.<\/p>\n