Child sex offender Cameron Bloomfield given disability award after admin error
Child sex offender Cameron Bloomfield was crowned a "disability pride champion" after an admin error. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
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A child sex offender was given a disability pride award after a Victorian government department administrative bungle.
Cameron Bloomfield was presented with the award in 2024 despite a past of repeat sexual offending.
The department rescinded the award a year later, after discovering they had missed details about his criminal history.
A Victorian government department crowned a repeat child sex offender as the state's "disability pride champion", before officials realised his criminal past and stripped him of the award.
The department says an administrative bungle led to Cameron Bloomfield, 40, being honoured at the Victorian Disability Awards in December 2024.
By the time Bloomfield accepted the award at a ceremony, his criminal record included findings of guilt for indecent assault, committing an indecent act with a child under 16 and trying to procure sex with a child under 16.
The Victorian Disability Awards are run by the Victorian government's Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and recognise people who champion inclusion in the community.
In 2024, nominees were required to submit a police check consent form.
Cameron Bloomfield received the "disability pride champion" award in 2024. (Supplied)
The ABC understands Bloomfield complied with the requirements, but details about his criminal history were missed by department staff.
"An administrative error was made by the department during the screening process," the department said in a statement.
"The department discovered the error in December 2025 and immediately rescinded the award.
"The department has since reviewed and updated its processes."
Bloomfield, who has an intellectual impairment, has been a prominent disability and LGBTIQ+ advocate for years, and once testified before a Victorian parliamentary committee.
He has also been interviewed by numerous media outlets, including the ABC.
In April this year, he was jailed for three months after pleading guilty to breaching reporting obligations as a registered sex offender.
Cameron Bloomfield was jailed earlier this year for breaching his reporting obligations as a sex offender. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
Last month, a bail hearing in the Supreme Court was told Bloomfield's offending dated back to 2005, and he was sentenced for reoffending in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2020.
According to a 2013 County Court judgement, Bloomfield tried to groom and procure sex from four children and was jailed for a minimum of 27 months.
"You were well aware what you were doing was wrong and unlawful," Judge Felicity Hampel said at the time.
In the most recent incident, Bloomfield messaged two teenage boys on social media and is alleged to have written to one, "What are you doing and what are you wearing?"
The Mentone man met up with one boy at a sports oval and was reported to police by the teenager's mother.
Bloomfield, who is appealing the severity of his jail term, was released on bail last month despite opposition from police and his victims.
Police alleged he was an unacceptable risk to the community and contacting children from the case.
"They're fearful they will run into him if granted bail, which would impact their mental health," a detective told the Supreme Court.