Catholic School Teacher Sex Abuse Case Adjourned

The Chronicle
August 29, 2014

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THE case against a former teacher of a Toowoomba Catholic school charged with child sex matters has been adjourned.

The 44-year-old man and the school involved cannot be named for legal reasons.

He is charged with indecent treatment of a child under 16 (indecent film), two counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16 (expose), and one count of indecent treatment of a child under 16 (take photograph).

The man has not as yet been required to enter any pleas to the charges and he was not in Toowoomba Magistrates Court when the matters were mentioned yesterday.

It is believed the allegations date back to the mid-1990s and involve two male students under the age of 16.

The allegations include the teacher hosting the complainant children at his home where pornographic images were shown and nude photographs of the boys taken.

The man's solicitor Claire Graham told the court a psychological report had now been completed and asked for an adjournment.

Magistrate Bruce Schemioneck remanded the man on bail and adjourned the case for mention back in the same court on September 23.