Sydney Lifeguard Accused Of Child Sex Offences

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A Sydney lifeguard sexually assaulted three nippers at an eastern suburbs surf life saving club and at a nearby Catholic church in the 1980s, a jury has been told.

During his opening address in the man's trial in the NSW District Court on Tuesday, Crown prosecutor Rohan Cooley said he also expected the jury to hear evidence that the man further assaulted another two boys on the grounds of the church between 1982 and 1986.

The youngest alleged victim was aged between seven and 10 at the time of the offences, while the oldest was between 12 and 13 years old, Mr Cooley said in the NSW District Court on Tuesday.

He said he expected the jury to hear evidence that the man, now 49, raped one of the boys on church grounds, and incited the same boy and his younger cousin to perform oral sex on each other.

On another occasion, the accused fondled a nipper's genitals in a room at the surf life saving club where he was a lifeguard while a St John ambulance officer watched, Mr Cooley said.

He is also accused of giving and receiving oral sex, and masturbating in front of at least one boy.

The man has pleaded not guilty to 35 charges, including inciting an indecent act, committing an act of indecency on or towards a male under 16, and homosexual intercourse with a male between 10 and 18.