A volunteer with the Bend Police Department has been charged in Redmond in connection with the sexual abuse an 8-year-old girl.

Randy Moore, 41, of Redmond, was arrested Monday following an investigation that alleges Moore began abusing the girl in May of this year, according to a release from Redmond Police. Moore is charged with seven counts of first-degree sex abuse, police said.

Bend Police on Friday announced they had immediately terminated Moore’s volunteer status. He had worked with the department since November 2011 as a mail courier. According to a release from Bend Police, his position never brought Moore in contact with children.

Redmond Police credit the “safe touch” curriculum, which teaches children about sexual abuse, with leading to Moore’s arrest.

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact the Redmond Police Department’s Investigations Unit by calling 541-693-6911.