Maj. Travis J. Burns will appear in military court Monday for an Article 32 hearing, which "is similar to a civilian grand jury proceeding," an academy news release says. "The primary role of the hearing is to determine if probable cause exists to support the charge and its specifications."

A preliminary hearing officer presides over the hearing and submits a report of the proceedings with recommendations to the special court-martial convening authority — in this case, the commandant of cadets. The commandant will decide whether to dismiss the case, recommend that it be referred to a general court-martial or "dispose of the case through other disciplinary or administrative action," the release says.

The child involved in the alleged rape and repeated sexual abuses was under the age of 12, Burns' charge sheet shows. Those alleged crimes happened in 2017 and 2018 in Colorado Springs.

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