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Captain David Christensen on Nov. 29 pleaded guilty to one charge at a standing court martial in Kingston, Ontario and was reduced to the rank of Lieutenant, the Canadian Forces said in a news release issued Wednesday.

“The charges related to an act of sexual misconduct against a female member of the Canadian Armed Forces in Kingston, Ontario, on June 10, 2015,” it added in the release.

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More from the release:

Of the two charges which were preferred by the Director of Military Prosecutions on July 21, 2016 Chief Military Judge, Colonel Mario Dutil:

o stayed one charge of sexual assault under section 130 of the National Defence Act (section 271 Criminal Code of Canada).

o found Lieutenant Christensen guilty of one charge of having behaved in a disgraceful manner under section 93 of the NDA.