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	Ex-Chaplain 'Not Guilty' on Child Sex Townsville Bulletin [Australia] March 27, 2006 http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,18619148%255E421,00.html A FORMER chaplain of an exclusive Adelaide boys school has pleaded not guilty in the South Australian District Court to child sex charges. John Mountford, 50, will be tried on five counts of indecent assault, two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and one count of procuring an act of gross indecency. The charges relate to the alleged abuse of a 14-year-old boy between 1991 and 1992, when Mr Mountford was a chaplain at Adelaide's St Peter's College, where the boy was a student. The allegations were detailed in an independent report in 2004 into the handling of sex abuse claims in the Anglican Church. The report forced the resignation of then Adelaide Anglican Archbishop Ian George because it revealed Dr George met Mr Mountford on the day he fled to Thailand in 1992. Mr Mountford was extradited to Australia last year. In court today Judge Steven Millsteed remanded Mr Mountford on continuing bail to appear again next month. His trial is not expected to begin until next year.
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