Jonathan Richard Kirkpatrick (born February 1958) was Dean of Dunedin from 1996 until 2001. He obtained an honours degree in theology from the

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. He came to New Zealand in 1991 with his partner, Tim Barnett, to be vicar at St Michael and All Angels,

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. Kirkpatrick is known for his gay-rights activism within the Anglican church. Kirkpatrick became Dean of

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in 1996. Barnett remained in Christchurch and was elected to parliament later that year as the Labour MP for Christchurch Central. Kirkpatrick obtained a

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degree in commerce at the

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. In August 1998, Barnett fell asleep at the wheel, their car left the road and Kirkpatrick broke his back. Kirkpatrick dismissed the director of music at St Paul's which resulted in a complaint to the

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being upheld against TV3's reporting. In 2001, Kirkpatrick moved to Auckland and headed

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's Business Innovation Centre, where he stole

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660,000 from the university and in October 2011 was jailed for three years and two months. He was released on

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after his first appearance in front of the

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in October 2012 after serving a third of his jail term.

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