00:02Police say the 73-year-old man was arrested today and charged with 55 offences relating to the alleged historical
00:08child sexual abuse of 29 victims, many of them children.
00:13The man hasn't been named, but police say he's from Adelaide's western suburbs and had access to the McGill Training
00:19Facility, a juvenile detention centre which closed in 2012.
00:23Police say the man was not an employee of the centre but would not disclose his role at the time.
00:27The McGill Training Centre is among youth justice facilities at the centre of a class action in SA's Supreme Court,
00:34filed on behalf of children, allegedly abused in care over several decades.
00:39Police say this is the first arrest for Task Force Libero which was established to investigate historical assaults.
00:45I'm very proud of the work done by the detectives attached to Task Force Libero.
00:49This investigation commenced in December 2023 and then we formed a task force in March 2025.
00:57These are very complex and protracted investigations but the determination, the commitment of those investigators throughout that period leading to
01:06the arrest today is a significant body of work and I'm very proud of the work they've done.
01:09The man is expected to appear in court this afternoon.
