Child sex offender given 'disability pride' award after admin error

Child sex offender Cameron Bloomfield was crowned a "disability pride champion" after an admin error. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)

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The department rescinded the award a year later, after discovering they had missed details about his criminal history.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"The department discovered the error in December 2025 and immediately rescinded the award.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