‘Feel gross’: Dad’s fury after discovering Joshua Brown worked at daughter’s childcare centre

The Melbourne father had to take his young daughter for testing after making the horrifying discovery online.

A Melbourne father has revealed the horrifying moment he realised his child had been in the care of accused pedophile Joshua Brown.

Abraham Khoury’s daughter attended Milestones Early Learning Centre in Greensborough in Melbourne’s north east last year and was horrified when he found a photo of the accused pedophile alongside Mr Khoury’s daughter.

Melbourne father Abraham Khoury said he found a picture of his daughter alongside the accused sex offender. Picture: Channel 9

The image was taken on December 5, which Mr Khoury said he found on the childcare centre’s communication app.

He claimed neither the childcare centre, nor police, informed him that Mr Brown had allegedly worked at the centre.

“To know that he was there, and we were all kept in the dark about it, no one told us, there was no information available,” Mr Khoury told 9News.

“You’re angry, you’ve been lied to. You feel gross.”

Joshua Brown was spotted alongside Mr Khoury’s daughter at an early learning centre in December last year. Picture: Channel 9

Mr Brown has been charged with 70 offences after he allegedly abused eight children at an early education centre in Point Cook between April 2022 and January 2023.

It‘s alleged some of the children were as young as five months old.

About 1200 children have since been advised to undergo testing for sexually transmitted diseases.

The alleged offender worked in 20 childcare centres between January 2017 and May 2025, with a dedicated website established listing the childcare centres where he worked.

The list includes three Milestones Early Leaning Centres in Hoppers Crossing, Werribee and Bundoora.

However, the Greensborough centre was not mentioned on the list.

The Melbourne man has been charged with 70 offences. Picture Supplied.,

Mr Khoury said he was horrified upon seeing the photo of the alleged sex offender with his daughter, and has since taken his child for testing.

“We have to get our child now tested for sexually transmitted diseases,” he said.

The Melbourne father said he contacted the Greensborough centre, which is owned by Affinity Education Group, but heard nothing back.

He urged for more to be done to protect children while attending early education centres.

“There needs to be reform, there needs to be cameras,” he told the outlet.

“There needs to be just more, because now it’s just the bare minimum.”

He worked at 20 childcare centres across the state since 2017. Picture Supplied.,

This week, Inspire Early Learning – which operates 16 childcare centres across Victoria and is not among one of the centres where Mr Brown worked – announced it would no longer allow male educators to change nappies or complete toilet duties at its centres.

In a letter sent to parents, chief curriculum and quality officer Eleinna Anderson said male staff would still play a “vital” role in activities and classroom preparation, but said the changes were a necessary step.

“The wellbeing and safety of your children are at the heart of everything we do,” she said per 7News.

“We’re writing to share a few important updates to our guidelines around staff interactions with children and team responsibilities – changes made with careful thought and a continued commitment to maintaining a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all.”

NewsWire has contacted Milestone Early Learning Centre and Affinity Group for comment.

Originally published as ‘Feel gross’: Dad’s fury after discovering Joshua Brown worked at daughter’s childcare centre