CSO lives his life as DJ and kids sports official, Michael Salter is furious!

[Jim Burton]

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... ole-ntwnfb

A man convicted of two child sexual abuse offences has been able to work as a referee for Touch Football NSW for more than a decade, including for junior teams, with the organisation citing a legal “loophole” for his continued employment.

The New South Wales government passed new laws in September to strengthen the working with children check scheme and the Office of the Children’s Guardian is currently reviewing the framework to assess whether it is “fit for purpose”. Child safety advocates say the laws need to be further strengthened to ensure child sexual abuse offenders cannot referee children’s sport.

A Guardian Australia investigation can reveal that a convicted child sexual abuse offender, Timothy McDougall, is a regular referee for Touch Football NSW and has officiated junior and youth competitions at regional, state and national level, including under-12 girls’ teams.

He has been able to continue umpiring even after the organisation became aware of his convictions.

McDougall was placed on the NSW child sexual abuse offender register in 2014 after pleading guilty and being convicted of two counts of sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl in 2012 when he was 21.

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He has twice been convicted for failing to comply with his reporting obligations – once in 2016 and again in 2019. The earlier offence was related to his failure to declare work as a DJ under the name “DJ Timmy”.

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Michael Salter, the director of the child safety institute Childlight at the University of NSW, said the scenario showed there was a loophole that needed to be closed, and questioned why McDougall’s contact with children would not be reportable under the act.

“There is a proactive responsibility at an institutional level to ensure that you’re creating a safe environment for children, and there’s also a question of parental and community trust,” Salter told Guardian Australia.

“I wonder how many parents would be comfortable knowing that their child’s Saturday morning sports game is being umpired by somebody that has been convicted of serious offences or is on the register and required to report their contact to police.

“We also need to be realistic, which is that loopholes in child protection policy practice have been the red flags in major state reviews into egregious child abuse matters.”

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“I wonder how many parents would be comfortable knowing that their child’s Saturday morning sports game is being umpired by somebody that has been convicted of serious offences or is on the register and required to report their contact to police.

He reveal what guide his demand for new policies. Not so much based of facts, but in this segregatory framework that he support in every paper.