NSW magistrate accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy

A sitting NSW magistrate has been charged with indecently assaulting a teenage boy in the early 1980s.

A NSW magistrate has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in the early 1980s. Source: AAP

A sitting NSW magistrate has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy over a two-year period in the early 1980s.

NSW Police allege Graeme Curran knew the teenager he assaulted between 1981 and 1983.

The magistrate, 67, met detectives at Burwood Police Station before midday on Tuesday where he was issued with a court attendance notice for nine counts of indecent assault on a male.

Curran was released on bail and is scheduled to face Downing Centre Local Court on November 22.

The Chief Magistrate's Office said it had suspended Curran from his position but would not comment on whether the magistrate was still being paid.

The charges are the result of work by Strikeforce Stantke, established in 2014 to investigate reports a boy had been sexually assaulted in the early 1980s.