Sydney daycare worker charged with abusing children
The man, who cannot be named under court order, was charged with seven counts of using a child to make abusive material – three counts were aggravated.
He was also charged with possessing child abuse data through a phone.
The man fronted Parramatta Local Court on Friday after being arrested by Australian Federal Police on Thursday, according to reporting by 10 News+.
Police had previously seized his electronic devices and arrested the married father at his own home.
He worked at an early childcare centre in Sydney, but it cannot be identified because a court order was put in place to prevent 'psychological harm' to his alleged victims – including those yet to be identified by detectives.
The AFP, in a statement, said they charged the Sydney man as part of an investigation into online child abuse material.
'The man came to police attention after the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation received a report regarding an online user who had allegedly uploaded child abuse material files to a cloud platform,' the AFP statement reads.
'There is no ongoing threat to the community.'
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