Alleged sexual abuse of aged care home resident not reported to police for five years | ABC News

The alleged sexual abuse of a resident by an aged care worker, who went on to target another resident, was not reported to police for five years, despite a colleague reporting it to management. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/2ZNkqS1

The employee at Eventide Rockhampton in central Queensland was allegedly witnessed abusing the resident but kept working there for several years until he was caught committing a sexual offence against another resident.

On February 5 this year, health officials told Trevor Lennox they had received an allegation that his wife Nancy, who is a resident at Eventide and has an acquired brain injury, was sexually abused in 2016.

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