The charges each carry a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment.
The transmission offence occurred between November 18,2021 and February 25,2022 in Kensington,in Sydney’s south-east,according to court documents.
The other offence of possessing or controlling child abuse material “in the form of data held in a computer or contained in a data storage device”,obtained or accessed via a carriage service,was committed on March 9,the papers state.
Prosecutor Zoe Brodie,for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions,withdrew four charges:one count of possessing child abuse material,a second count regarding transmitting,publishing or promoting material,and two further possess or control counts.
Reynolds was arrested and charged in March. His employment as head of English at Moriah College,a top private school in Queens Park,was terminated that same month.
In a letter sent to parents,the school said it had been contacted by the Australian Federal Police regarding Reynolds’ arrest and advised there was nothing to suggest any of the offending occurred at Moriah College or related to any contact with students.