Paedophile cop Paul Reynolds used ‘trusted’ status to groom, abuse 50 boys, review finds

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Dozens of young boys were groomed or sexually abused by a former police officer who used his status to stealthily target his victims and their parents over three decades, a report has found. Tasmania Police Senior Sergeant Paul Reynolds used his status as a “trusted” member of the community to groom and abuse up to 52 young boys as far back as 1988, a final independent review into his behaviour found.

There was no evidence of Reynolds holding accreditation in massage or sports therapy. “I genuinely believe that one of the main reasons he wanted to be in the position of NTFA president was so he could have unfiltered access to football change rooms,” one victim-survivor told the review. Reynolds was able to normalise grooming and sexualised conduct stealthily through sexualised conversations and secret-keeping with teenaged boys.

 

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