New sex charges against former choirmaster

Aug 15 2010
Brendan Kennedy
Staff Reporter

Sixteen years after walking out of prison, convicted pedophile and former Anglican choirmaster John Gallienne is facing new sex assault charges.

Gallienne, who pleaded guilty in 1990 to molesting more than a dozen choirboys over the course of 15 years as the popular organist and choirmaster at Kingston’s St. George’s Cathedral, will appear in court next month to face new allegations that he sexually assaulted two more choirboys on multiple occasions between 1978 and 1982.

The alleged victims, now in their late 30s and early 40s, came forward to Kingston Police earlier this year claiming they had been abused by Gallienne between the ages of 8 and 11. the rest