Australian childcare worker charged with sex abuse of 91 children

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Australian childcare worker charged with sex abuse of 91 children

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report

Former Australian Childcare Worker Charged with Over 1,600 Offences

  1. A former Australian childcare worker has been charged with more than 1,600 offences after allegedly sexually abusing 91 children, filming it, then distributing the content online.
  2. Police allege the man preyed on young girls over a 15-year period at a dozen centres in Australia and abroad.
  3. He was arrested in August 2022, but it has taken police a year to investigate and identify alleged victims.
  4. Authorities say it is one of the most “horrific” cases they have ever seen.
  5. The 45-year-old man is facing 246 counts of rape and 673 counts of indecent assault against children – many of them in aggravated circumstances.
  6. The most serious charges carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
  7. He also faces hundreds of charges for filming and distributing child abuse material. Police allege he recorded all of his abuse, and say they found 4000 images and videos on his electronic devices.
  8. The offending allegedly occurred in 10 childcare centres in Queensland, and one each in New South Wales and an unnamed overseas country. The man worked at other childcare centres, but the Australian Federal Police (AFP) says it is “highly confident” he did not offend at those centres.
  9. Speaking to media on Tuesday, AFP Assistant Commissioner Justine Gough said the case would be “deeply distressing” for the community.
  10. “It’s beyond the realms of anyone’s imagination, what this person did to these children. You try not to be shocked after a long period of time in the police… but this is a horrific case,” she said.
  11. The 87 Australian children who were allegedly abused – some of whom are now adults – have been identified and their families contacted.
  12. Australian authorities are now working with their international counterparts to contact the other four alleged victims.
  13. Investigators say they caught the man after they were able to identify the background appearing in child abuse material as one of the childcare centres he worked at.
  14. The AFP executed a search warrant at the Brisbane centre on 20 August 2022, before also searching the man’s Gold Coast home and seizing electronic devices allegedly containing child abuse material he had created.
  15. He had been reported to police in Queensland twice before, in 2021 and 2022, but investigators had found insufficient evidence to act, police say.
  16. The man – who is yet to be named – is next due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on 21 August.

SDGs, Targets, and Indicators

  1. SDG 4: Quality Education

    • Target 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care, and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education.
    • Indicator: Number of children enrolled in pre-primary education programs.

  2. SDG 5: Gender Equality

    • Target 5.2: Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.
    • Indicator: Proportion of women and girls subjected to sexual violence by age.

  3. SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

    • Target 16.2: End abuse, exploitation, trafficking, and all forms of violence against and torture of children.
    • Indicator: Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population, by sex, age group, and form of exploitation.

Table: SDGs, Targets, and Indicators

SDGs Targets Indicators
SDG 4: Quality Education Target 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care, and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education. Number of children enrolled in pre-primary education programs.
SDG 5: Gender Equality Target 5.2: Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation. Proportion of women and girls subjected to sexual violence by age.
SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions Target 16.2: End abuse, exploitation, trafficking, and all forms of violence against and torture of children. Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population, by sex, age group, and form of exploitation.

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