AI Chat Search Browse Media On This Day Map Quotations Timeline Research Free Datasets Remembered About Contact

Capill faces more child abuse charges

Fri 10 Jun 2005 In: New Zealand Daily News

Convicted child molester and disgraced former Christian Heritage leader Graham Capill is facing six new charges of sexually abusing young girls. The nature of the new charges, outlined in the Christchurch District Court today, involve rape, unlawful sexual connection, attempted rape and indecent assault, all on two girls aged under twelve years old. It is alleged the offences took place between 1990 and 1999. The new charges came just as the shocked Christian community was ready to close the book on the shock revelations of Capill's last offence – a conviction for sexually molesting an eight-year-old girl, for which he was due to be sentenced this week. In light of the new allegations, which are sure to upset those who insisted Capill had only ‘fallen once' in a lifetime of serving God, sentencing in the original case has now been deferred. As Christian Heritage leader for over a decade, Capill was a self-styled moral watchdog who targeted the GLBT community relentlessly, in attacks which constantly linked homosexuality with paedophilia.    

Credit: GayNZ.com News Staff

First published: Friday, 10th June 2005 - 12:00pm

Rights Information

This page displays a version of a GayNZ.com article that was automatically harvested before the website closed. All of the formatting and images have been removed and some text content may not have been fully captured correctly. The article is provided here for personal research and review and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of PrideNZ.com. If you have queries or concerns about this article please email us