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Trevor Scroop faces court over multiple child sex abuse offences
A man who worked closely with South Australia's Department for Child Protection to house First Nations children has pleaded not guilty to more than 40 charges of sexual offending against minors.
The court previously heard Trevor James Scroop, a former ABC employee, had access to more than 100 mostly Aboriginal children under an arrangement with SA's Department for Child Protection.
The court previously heard that the 65-year-old had a formal arrangement with the department to care and house young Aboriginal boys from communities in the Northern Territory, at his Adelaide home so they could attend school.
The matter has been before the court for more than 18 months but the details of the allegations can now be revealed for the first time, after the District Court removed a suppression order.
Mr Scroop was arraigned in the District Court on Wednesday.
