AUSTRALIA
NEWS.com.au
FORMER Christ Church music teacher admits molesting multiple young boys because he found them ‘appealing’ but thought he could keep his urges under control.
Lindsay William Hutchinson, 63, is on trial for committing six counts of carnal knowledge against nature, six counts of indecently dealing with a child, and three counts of unlawful and indecent assualt, for the repeated sexual abuse of a young student, between December 1983 and September 1985 in several places including country hotel rooms, a school music camp and a deanery.
Mr Hutchinson, who was the music director at Claremont’s Christ Church Grammar School and organist at St George’s Cathedral in the 1980s, has pleaded guilty to some of the charges, but has denied the more serious allegations, including rape.
Other witnesses during the trial have testified about inappropriate sexual touching and behaviour, including having photographs taken of them by Mr Hutchinson for a fake “speedo competition”, but the allegations do not form part of the charges Mr Hutchinson is facing.
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