Detectives described the case as one of the ‘most horrific’ in Australian history
An Australian former childcare worker has been charged with abusing 91 children over 15 years in what police described on Tuesday as one of the country’s “most horrific” child sex abuse cases.
Federal police said the offences happened at 10 different childcare centres between 2007 and 2022 and exclusively targeted “prepubescent girls”.
The man has been charged with 1,623 separate crimes, including 136 counts of rape and 110 counts of sexual intercourse with a child younger than 10, officers added.
Detectives sifted through huge amounts of graphic material captured on the 45-year-old man’s phone and said they were confident they had now identified all of his alleged Australian victims. They are working with police in another country, which authorities did not name, to determine the extent of his alleged offending overseas.