NSW MP Gareth Ward Charged Over Historic Sexual Abuse Of Man, Teen
Former Liberal minister and Independent NSW member of Parliament Gareth Ward (40) was on Tuesday charged over alleged historic allegations of sexual abuse of a man and a teenage boy. Ward, member for Kiama, attended Oak Flats Police Station on Tuesday. The NSW police charged him “with three counts of assault with act of indecency, and one count each of sexual intercourse without consent and common assault”.The police case is that Ward allegedly indecently assaulted a 17-year-old teenage boy at Meroo Meadow in February 2013, and sexually abused a 27-year-old man in Sydney in September 2015.NSW MP Gareth Ward was charged on March 22, 2022, with historic sexual abuse of a man and a teenage boy.