The AFP began investigating in June last year after a report about an online user uploading a file depicting child abuse.<\/p>\n
Police linked the man to the alleged activity and executed a search warrant in Glossodia, in Sydney\u2019s north-west.<\/p>\n
The man was arrested and charged in July, and his working with children accreditation was suspended.<\/p>\n
The man worked at or attended 62 early childhood education facilities, but mostly worked in Sydney\u2019s north-west.<\/p>\n
Police allege he committed multiple offences against children at five facilities, including four childcare centres and his own private business.<\/p>\n
If found guilty of aggravated use of a child under 14 for the production of child abuse material, the man could face up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n
The AFP acting commander Luke Needham said police had been in contact with 121 families, based around Australia and internationally, \u201cwho we have positively identified their child as being depicted in child abuse material\u201d.<\/p>\n
Needham said \u201call [alleged] offending occurred here in New South Wales\u201d with \u201climited [alleged] offending that occurred in South Australia\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said the investigation also involved \u201cspeaking to a family that have moved overseas\u201d.<\/p>\n
The acting commander also alleged the man shared abuse material overseas on three occasions during the offending.<\/p>\n
Needham confirmed on Monday evening there were 22 victims who \u201care yet to be positively identified\u201d.<\/p>\n
skip past newsletter promotion<\/a>Free newsletter | When needed<\/p>\n Sign up to Breaking News Australia<\/p>\n Get the most important news as it breaks<\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n \u201cWe would ask the community to consider what they might be able to share with the AFP, which we hope would go some way in assisting us in identifying those other 22 victims,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He referred the community to the AFP\u2019s dedicated contact point<\/a>, which includes \u201call the listed employment locations of where this man has worked\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cOperation Moonbi has spanned 12 months and involved the analysis of 2.4 million electronic files, 12 search warrants and countless hours trying to uncover the scale of the man\u2019s alleged offending,\u201d Needham said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe urge any victim-survivors to seek support or talk to a trusted person if today\u2019s news has caused distress.<\/p>\n \u201cThe abuse of trust, we alleged, has occurred, is devastating, and will have lifelong ramifications for victims and their families,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a parent myself, I\u2019m acutely aware of how distressing this news is.\u201d<\/p>\n In Australia, children, young adults, parents and teachers can contact the Kids Helpline<\/a> on 1800 55 1800; adult survivors can seek help at Blue Knot Foundation<\/a> on 1300 657 380. In the UK, the NSPCC<\/a> offers support to children on 0800 1111, and adults concerned about a child on 0808 800 5000. The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac<\/a>) offers support for adult survivors on 0808 801 0331. In the US, call or text the Childhelp<\/a> abuse hotline on 800-422-4453. Other sources of help can be found at Child Helpline International<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian federal police have contacted more than 120 families as they investigate alleged offending by a former Sydney…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-797511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2998.jpg\")
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