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Allegations of Abuse
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A victim of a former Salvation
Army captain says his conviction on 22 out of 23 historical child sex
charges, is better than she expected. A High Court jury last night found
69-year-old John Francis Gainsford guilty of three charges of rape, one of
attempted rape and 18 indecencies against six girls and a boy. The convictions relate to his time
as manager of a children's home in the 1970s. One of the victims involved in
this case, who can't be identified, says she was accused of lying and making
up the abuse by the Salvation Army, which failed in its duty of care for her. She says she and other victims
will take action against the Salvation Army for not acting on the abuse.
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