A former Brisbane teacher has been charged with historical child sex offences against 19 alleged victims aged under 13 after already being charged with offences against another 19 children aged under 10.
Stephen Patrick Andrew Kayser, 69, was arrested at a home in Brisbane’s south yesterday and charged with a further 32 offences, including indecent treatment of children under 16, taking a child under 16 for immoral purposes, and common assault.
The new charges relate to 19 alleged victims, who were aged between nine and 13, and come after more people made reports to police following charges being laid against the man on August 12.
The latest reported offences are alleged to have occurred at two Brisbane educational facilities while Kayser was working as a teacher between 1987 and 1992.
He was already facing 49 historical child sex offences laid as part of a major investigation police have dubbed Operation Whiskey Mot.
Those charges relate to 19 young people aged between 9 and 10 years of age when he was working as a teacher between 1988 and 1990.
Kayser was refused bail yesterday and will front the Brisbane Magistrates Court today.
Detective Senior Sergeant Deanna Geck of the Morningside CPIU has commended all victim-survivors for their courage to speak out.
“Anyone entrusted to care for children must hold themselves to highest standard,” she said.
“It is deplorable for anyone to use their position as leverage to carry our deplorable acts against a child and we are committed to holding any perpetrator to account.
“Your bravery helps police hold perpetrators to account and in turn gives other victim-survivors the confidence to come forward.
“We encourage anyone else who has any knowledge of this type of offending, is themselves a victim-survivor of sexual violence or has information to provide in relation to this investigation to come forward.”
Investigations are ongoing and police are providing support to those involved.
Kayser fronted media to deny any wrongdoing after he was granted bail following the initial charges on August 12 .
“I don’t believe I have done anything,” he told reporters.
He said he was “shocked” when police arrived at his home.
