Shartiel Nibigira was sentenced to 11 years in jail after being found guilty on 21 charges.
The father-of-eight committed the offences at a house during choir practice, or while the girls were transported for practices or church events, the Brisbane District Court trial heard in 2019.
A former church leader has appealed his conviction and sentence for raping and indecently assaulting young choir members (stock image)
A jury found Nibigira guilty of raping and indecently touching one girl at least eight times in 2011 and 2012, when she was aged between nine and 11.
Her testimony relating to penetration and the vehicle in which the offending occurred should have caused the jury to have reasonable doubt about her evidence, the Queensland Court of Appeal was told on Thursday.
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A Southern Downs man was convicted in February of sexually abusing his own daughter for a decade, starting when she was just three years old.
The Warwick District Court heard the man sexually assaulted the girl on six occasions between September, 1981 and December, 1991, while he was aged between 25 and 35.
The now 64-year-old, who cannot be named, admitted to parts of the offending in a phone call years later.
Crown prosecutor Stephen Muir said one of the most serious assaults took place when the girl was only four years old, with the father âemotionally blackmailingâ her into hiding the abuse.
The man was convicted of raping or sexually abusing another two girls under 16 within the same 10-year period, for which he was serving a seven-year jail term at the time of these court proceedings.