Catholic primary school teacher banned ...

By Lema Samandar
Daily Telegraph
October 21, 2014

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/catholic-primary-school-teacher-banned-from-going-near-children-as-he-awaits-trial-for-allegedly-uploading-child-abuse-material/story-fni0cx12-1227097315106

Peter Ronald Kleist appeared before Burwood Local Court today.

Catholic primary school teacher banned from going near children as he awaits trial for allegedly uploading child abuse material

A SYDNEY primary school teacher is banned from going anywhere near children while awaiting trial for allegedly uploading child abuse material to the internet.

Peter Ronald Kleist faced Burwood Local Court today after he was charged last month with two counts of using a carriage service for child pornography material and four counts of possession of child abuse material.

Kleist has not yet entered a plea but is expected to deny the allegations and defend the charges.

The 58-year-old, who is a teacher at a Catholic primary school in southwest Sydney, is banned from being near children while on bail.

Court papers show that his bail conditions restrict him from seeking paid or voluntary work or social activities that bring him in contact with kids and he is not to be in the vicinity of premises known to be frequented by children including schools, playgrounds and sporting venues.

Kleist is also banned from having an internet connection at his house or accessing social networking websites.

Police allege they found “a number of computers with extensive images of young children in various sexual poses” at his home.

The charges come after detectives from the Sex Crimes Squad’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit (CEIU) were contacted by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the United States after child abuse material was uploaded to a website being monitored by NCMEC staff.

NCMEC staff had determined that the material had been uploaded from an Internet Protocol address in Australia and referred the matter to Australian authorities, police say.

CEIU detectives in Sydney then began an investigation to determine who was responsible for uploading the material and raided Kleist’s Auburn home.

His bail is continued and he will reappear in court December.