A man who participated in church groups across Canberra is facing 21 fresh charges of historical child sexual abuse involving at least eight alleged victims in total.
Toby Charles Mortlock was not required to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court when his case was mentioned on Tuesday, June 30.
The 59-year-old first faced a territory court in April 2025 over five counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10 and five counts of committing an act of indecency on a child under 10.
He has denied those charges and the case remains before the ACT Supreme Court.
Police said the 21 fresh charges relate to alleged sexual assaults in the 1980s and 1990s involving at least eight alleged victims in total.
The charges include 15 counts of committing an act of indecency on a child under 10 years old, two counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10 years old, and two counts of common assault.
On Tuesday, Legal Aid duty lawyer Eimear Silk told the court that she had not received a statement of facts for the new charges.
She requested a four-week adjournment to speak with her client regarding pleas, which was granted by Chief Magistrate Louise Taylor.
In October last year, ACT Policing released details of church groups they believed the accused man was involved with in the 1980s and 1990s in a call for public assistance.
Investigators said Mortlock was known to frequent: Tuggeranong Alliance Church, Wanniassa; The Fairy Garden, Tuggeranong; City Mission Church, Canberra City; O'Connor Uniting Church, O'Connor; Capital Christian Church, Phillip.
He lived at addresses in Monash, Wanniassa, Kambah and Calwell.
Mortlock reportedly also held roles as an after-school care worker, swimming instructor, and at a High Commission in the 1990s and early 2000s.
The man's case will return to court in July.
