Perverts Watching the Perverts

Great. Just great. You can’t make this stuff up.

Sadly, you don’t need to.

Voyeur psychologist case raises questions

A noted psychologist, now under investigation for voyeurism, had such a successful practice evaluating both sexual abuse victims and priests accused of molestation that several lawyers said the allegations against him might call into question numerous cases settled on the basis of his expert opinion.

“This guy had his finger on every single Catholic church perp in the state — if not the region,” said John Manly, an attorney who has sued the Jesuit Order for ignoring deviant priests and took testimony from the therapist.

At least once, Manly said, the psychologist evaluated a priest who had sexually abused dozens of women and girls, but apparently missed the signs.

“He was integral to the church’s system of putting abuser priests back into service,” the lawyer said.

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When questioned by investigators, the 59-year-old man — a faculty member at the University of Washington — admitted that he had concealed two cameras “to view his employees in the nude,” court records say. He insisted, however, that he had never filmed patients.

Dozens of divorcing parents hired the psychologist to weigh in as a court-appointed expert in their child-custody battles.

“If your evaluator turns out to have some kind of personal problem, does that mean his forensic judgment was impaired?” wondered attorney Ruth Edlund, who has used the man several times during the past five years.

“Who’s to say?”

Almost to a person, however, those who recalled their interactions with the analyst expressed shock at the news.

“He is the sort of fellow I’d least expect to be the subject of a dragnet like this,” said Joseph Greene, an electrical engineer who paid the man $14,000 to determine Greene’s fitness as a parent.

“This guy’s got a wall full of credentials.”

And apparently, a drawer full of videos he whacks his willy to.