A former liberal parliament member Schoor 10 years out of his age when he used a gay-hook-up app to meet a 13-year-old boy he subsequently sexually abused, claimed public prosecutors.
Roderick 'Rory' Amon, 35, is accused of the sexual abuse of the 13-year-old boy he knew on the northern beaches of Sydney in 2017.
At the time, he was a 27-year-old municipal councilor, but posed as a 17-year-old boy after he had met the boy on the dating website Squirt.org, said public prosecutors in judicial documents.
The teenager says he told Amon that he was 15 when they exchanged explicit content on Snapchat before they agreed to meet each other personally.
When they met, Amon would have led the boy to a bathroom in a parking lot and closed the door.
“Have you ever done something like that?” He asked, according to the claims of the crown.
Prosecutors claim that when the 13-year-old replied that he had not done that, Amon said 'good' before kissing him and involves him in oral sex.
During a next second meeting in the same bathroom, Amon is accused of sexual abuse of the teenager several times, making the boy feel overwhelmed and repelled.
Roderick 'Rory' Amon, 35, is accused of the sexual abuse of the 13-year-old boy he knew on the northern beaches of Sydney in 2017 after he had met him on a gay, hook-up app
Amon (center) is waiting for the trial after he has not been guilty of 10 charges, including five counts of sexual intercourse with a person over 10 years and younger than 14
The 13-year-old said that Amon continued to send him explicit images until he was accused of the alleged sexual abuse of children in August 2024.
Amon is waiting for the trial after he argued for not guilty of 10 charges, including five counts of sexual intercourse with a person over 10 years of age and younger than 14.
The now 35-year-old former state of MP for Pittwater faced the Sydney district court on Wednesday to vary his bail conditions to let him live in Potts Point, in the east of Sydney.
The court was told that he signed the lease in January, but his lawyers only reported that he should change his home in February.
His lawyer Claire O'Neill accepted that the order of events was not ideal, but claimed that it was a result of Sydney's tight rental market.
She said that there is 'nothing bad' up to her client who wants to move houses to an area where the complainant does not work or lives.
Amon was looking for a new house because he is known in the northern beaches of Sydney and had difficulties that live there, the court was told.
Public Prosecutors noted that the complainant works near Potts Point and often socializes in the area.
Amon's request to be saved on Potts Point was refused because the alleged victim works in the area
In a declaration to the court, the complainant wrote that allowing Amon to the area moving would be 'personal catastrophic' for him.
He expressed his concern about his safety as a result of Amon's behavior during years of investigation into his complaint.
Judge David Scully agreed that the risk was too high that Amon could come across the alleged victim and cause psychological need.
The former MP will lose several thousands of dollars by breaking his lease, the court was told.
He resigned from the NSW Liberal Party after the allegations became public against him.
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