New South Wales (NSW) Liberal MP Gareth Ward has been charged by police with the alleged historic sexual abuse of a man and a teenage boy. Ward, the sitting member for Kiama, is alleged to have committed three charges of assault with acts of indecency and one account each of alleged sexual intercourse without consent and alleged common assault. The rape charge carries a maximum jail term of 14 years. The 40-year-old attended Oaks Flats Police Station on Tuesday and has denied all charges. Police confirmed he has been granted conditional bail and is due to face Port Kembla Court in May. “I will be instructing my lawyers to seek to bring this matter before the courts as quickly as possible, and I look forward to demonstrating my innocence there,” he said on Tuesday. “While others have already attempted to prosecute my case in the media rather than the courts, …