An accused paedophile has been used as an expert by the Family Court in custody disputes that involve allegations of child sexual abuse.
The psychologist, who has since been charged with sexually abusing three children, was appointed by the Family Court to make custody recommendations in cases where one parent had accused the other of sexual abuse.
One of Australia's foremost family law experts said it could open the way for custody rulings involving the expert to be overturned.
One mother, who was sent to the psychologist in 2013 after alleging her three-year-old daughter was abused by her father, told the ABC the psychologist had made her feel extremely uncomfortable.
Greta* said he implied she may not be satisfying her husband sexually and even if he had abused their daughter it did not mean he couldn't have a relationship with the child.
"He was kind of overly physical with me. He kept touching my arm and my leg. It made me feel creeped out. He said weird things. He kept telling me that he knew about real paedophiles and that they would show up on [psychometric] tests," she said.
