Australian charged with 1,623 sex offences against 91 girls in childcare

A former childcare worker in Australia has been charged with sexually abusing 91 children in what has been described as one of the worst child sex abuse cases in the country’s history.

A former childcare worker in Australia has been charged with sexually abusing 91 children in what has been described as one of the worst child sex abuse cases in the country’s history.

The 45-year-old man has been charged with 1,623 separate offences, including 136 counts of rape, 110 counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10 and 613 counts of producing child exploitation material, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Tuesday.

The alleged crimes were carried out at 12 different childcare centres in Sydney, Brisbane and overseas between 2007 and 2022, police said.

The man, who police said passed background checks required for his job, is alleged to have recorded himself abusing his victims, all of whom were pre-pubescent girls.

Police said they believe that all 87 Australian children recorded in the child exploitation material have been identified and authorities are working with international partners to identify four children abused overseas.