An accused child sex abuser and former teacher at a prestigious private school died three months before he was due to stand trial.
Matthew Corey Schulz, 45, was charged with one count of sexual abuse of a child and two counts of having sexual intercourse with a person without consent.
Schulz is believed to have died on Thursday. The advertiser information.
The former lecturer was working at Trinity College in Gawler, 42 kilometres north of central Adelaide, when he was arrested.
The allegations are not related to his time as a teacher at the school and do not involve any Trinity College students.
Court documents allege the offences occurred between 2011 and 2012 at a location in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.
Schulz, from Cockatoo Valley in Adelaide’s northeast, was due to appear in court in November.
The offence of sexual abuse of a child carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment under South Australian law.
Matthew Corey Schulz, 45, was charged with one count of sexual abuse of a minor and two counts of having sexual intercourse with a person without consent.
The former teacher had been working at Trinity College in Gawler, 42km north of Adelaide’s central business centre, when he was arrested (the private K-12 school is pictured).
Daily Mail Australia has contacted South African police for comment.
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