Sydney teacher is accused of sexually abusing a DOZEN boys aged seven and eight at Earlwood school

Teacher, 64, is accused of sexually abusing more than a DOZEN boys aged seven and eight over an 18-year period

  • A male teacher, 64, allegedly sexually abused 14 schoolboys from 1978 to 1994 
  • The students were aged seven or eight at the time of the alleged sexual abuse 
  • Police began investigating the former teacher in 2017 and arrested him on Friday

A former teacher is accused of sexually abusing more than a dozen students at a Sydney school over an 18-year period.

The 64-year-old was arrested on Friday morning and charged with 90 offences.

Police will argue the teacher sexually and physically abused 14 boys, then aged seven or eight, while he worked at an Earlwood school between 1978 and 1994.

A former male teacher, 64, allegedly sexually and physically abused 14 boys, then aged seven or eight, while he worked at an Earlwood school in Sydney between 1978 and 1994 (stock image)

The charges include multiple counts of indecently assaulting a child, attempting to solicit or incite a male to commit an indecent act, and common assault.

The strike force investigating the man was initiated in 2017 after a referral from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse.

The man will appear before Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday. The investigation is ongoing.

The former teacher was arrested and charged with multiple counts of indecently assaulting a child, attempting to solicit or incite a male to commit an indecent act, and common assault (stock image)

The former teacher was arrested and charged with multiple counts of indecently assaulting a child, attempting to solicit or incite a male to commit an indecent act, and common assault (stock image)

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