Sex offender must disclose love life to probation officer

A ‘‘deceptive and difficult’’ child sex offender who became close with a woman managing a childcare centre will have to disclose his love life to authorities.

New monitoring conditions have been imposed on Allen Malsen, 30, ahead of his October 14 release from an 18 month jail sentence for breaches of his extended supervision order.

Malsen, previously known as Alan Gilbert Wilson, has repeatedly breached the court-imposed restrictions since 2005 after being jailed on on 22 sex charges involving four children when he was a teen. Seven charges related to a 2-year-old girl.

In July, Corrections asked the Parole Board to vary special conditions on Malsen’s extended supervision order.

In what a law expert described as a rare move, Corrections asked the board for a condition forcing him to get written approval before becoming involved in ‘‘any romantic intimate sexual relationship’’.

‘‘[This is] to try to counter a pattern of deception and a failure to disclose relationship status to the probation officer.’’

The Parole Board reworded the proposal, stating he must advise a probation officer about intimate relationships which could be ‘‘enduring in nature’’.

Corrections was concerned about a relationship Malsen developed with a woman who managed a childcare centre, and the board imposed a condition preventing him from loitering near early childhood centres and schools. He deceived authorities previously when he moved in with a flatmate who had three young children. The offending emerged when the flatmate discovered a photograph and details of his offending on social media.

Massey University law professor Chris Gallavin said it was unusual to impose such a condition on intimate relationships.

‘‘That is quite an expansive condition I have not seen before . . . I would say that is quite rare.’’

Gallavin said the disclosure would ensure people close to Malsen were aware of his history.

‘‘I think we will probably see more of an awareness from Corrections in pushing for conditions like this, and of course that all goes hand in hand with the public calling for naming and shaming, especially for child sex offenders, and sex offenders more generally.’’

Malsen’s supervision order is expected to end in 2019. The orders aim to monitor high-risk sex offenders and high-risk violent offenders after completing prison terms.