Frances Willick

Police have laid an extra count each of sexual assault and indecent assault against former Halifax professor&nbsp;Wayne John Hankey.

Hankey, who previously taught at the University of King's College and Dalhousie University, 

 with one count of sexual assault after&nbsp;an incident in student housing at King's in 1988.

He has pleaded not guilty and his trial is set for March 3, 2022.

Those charges included&nbsp;one count of sexual assault for&nbsp;a 1982 incident and one count of indecent assault for multiple incidents between 1977 and 1979. The new counts of sexual assault and indecent assault relate to those incidents.

Hankey was arraigned Tuesday on the charges, but he has not yet entered a plea.

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Wayne Hankey delivers a lecture on the steps of the University of King's College library in 2011.

Wayne Hankey

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The University of King's College in Halifax is shown on Oct. 31, 2018.

University of King's College

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A man in a suit stands in front of shelves full of books.

Former professor Wayne John Hankey has been charged with sexual assault.

Wayne John Hankey was once an Anglican priest, but was deprived of that office by the church in 1991 after an allegation of sexual abuse by a former student.

The case was set over to June 28 so his lawyer, Stan MacDonald, can attempt to obtain more documents from the Crown.

The identity of the three complainants is protected by a publication ban.

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Anni Isenor

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A badge on a police officer's arm is shown.

A Halifax Regional Police emblem is seen on a police officer in Halifax on July 2, 2020. 

NS Police Hearing 20200715

A Halifax Regional Police emblem is seen on a police officer in Halifax on July 2, 2020. Police are investigating the death of Sheila Madore as a homicide.

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Hopewell Rocks

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Former professor Wayne John Hankey has been charged with sexual assault and indecent assault.

New counts of sexual assault, indecent assault laid against Wayne Hankey

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