Case 341: The Christchurch Civic Creche

About this episode

The episode discusses the controversial criminal case involving Peter Ellis and allegations of child sexual abuse at the Christchurch Civic Creche in 1991.

*** Content warning: Child sexual abuse *** Late in 1991, a child said something strange to his mother: ‘I don’t like Peter’s black penis.’ Believing this was an indication that her son was being abused by Peter Ellis, a 33-year-old employee at the Christchurch Civic Creche her son attended, the concerned mother quickly filed a report. The case would soon snowball into one of New Zealand’s biggest and most controversial criminal cases… --- Narration – Anonymous Host Research & writing – Erin Munro Production & music – Mike Migas Audio editing – Anthony Telfer Sign up for Casefile Premium: Apple Premium Spotify Premium Patreon For all credits and sources, please visit https://casefilepodcast.com/case-341-the-christchurch-civic-creche Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Anonymous Host

Guest: Erin Munro

Topics covered

• child sexual abuse
• criminal case
• New Zealand
• controversy
• child protection

Keywords

• Christchurch
• Civic Creche
• Peter Ellis
• child abuse
• New Zealand
• criminal case
• 1991

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christchurch Civic Creche

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