The Press
December 4, 2001
Psychologist still working
NZPA
A top psychologist
who was fined and censured for botching a sex abuse investigation that left a
man wrongly accused of molesting his young children has been allowed to keep
practising.
Yesterday, she abandoned her appeal, and said she would issue a statement
later.
Ms Vincent, once head of Social Welfare's psychologists team, and who regularly
works for the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, appeared before
the Psychologists' Board on November 12.
She pleaded guilty to charges of conduct unbecoming. The board fined Ms Vincent
$5000 and gave her a letter of censure, but confirmed it had no plans to
publish her name.
The father, who cannot be identified to protect the identity of his children,
spent $82,000 proclaiming his innocence in five hearings to gain access to his
children.
He still cannot see his children. after his former
wife accused him of abuse some years ago.