Child offender deported to Brisbane

An Australian man with convictions for improper dealings with children is expected to arrive in Brisbane after he was caught teaching English classes in Bali.

John Peter Domenic Rigano, 65, was caught teaching English in Kuta this month in a sweep by immigration officers, authorities say.

In 2009, Rigano, who was then a psychiatrist, was sentenced in the Cairns District Court to nine months' jail for indecently touching a teenage boy who was being treated for anxiety.

Bali authorities found Rigano was misusing a multiple entry visa and detained him.

He was deported and is expected to arrive in Brisbane on Saturday.

The head of the Ngurah Rai immigration office, Mohamad Soleh, said that during questioning, Rigano revealed he had been convicted of sexually harassing underage boys in Australia.