January 19

Events

• Current events

• 1999 - A busy camper - It was revealed on this date that a former Anglican church camp worker, Stephen John Brown, 49, was charged with 170 counts of child sex offences in Australia relating to 27 boys aged between 11 and 17. This was the highest number of victims ever attributed to a single alleged sex offender by New South Wales police. These charges were for events from 1979 to 1981. In a previous hearing, 151 charges were laid against the same, covering dates from 1979 to 1998. Most offences allegedly took place during Christian youth skiing, camping, canoeing and shooting trips - which Brown led. Sadly, less than three weeks later, prison officials found Brown hanging in an exercise yard connected to his cell. He was dead. There was no word as to whether the death was suicide or murder. I guess when you have a dead pedo, no one cares.