Authorities in Australia have urged over 800 additional children to undergo testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), after four more childcare centres were linked to a former employee now facing more than 70 charges, including child rape.
Joshua Dale Brown, 26, is accused of sexually abusing eight children, aged between five months and two years, while working at a childcare centre in Point Cook, a suburb of Melbourne. The alleged offences occurred between April 2022 and January 2023.
