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Allegations of Abuse
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Former Salvation Army captain John
Francis Gainsford has been found guilty of 22 indecency and rape charges. He was found not guilty of one
charge of indecency in the High Court in Timaru last night. Gainsford, 69, of Auckland, had
pleaded guilty to four counts of indecency, but not guilty to 23 counts of
indecency and rape. The jury in Timaru retired at
11.40am yesterday and returned about 10 hours later with the verdicts. Eight complainants– seven females
and a male – alleged the offences occurred in the 1970s when Gainsford
managed a former Salvation Army children's home at Temuka, South Canterbury. In his summing up Justice Fogarty
said Gainsford's confession to four counts should not sway the jury about the
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