A father in a high-profile child abuse case says a B.C. Supreme Court judge who ruled that he molested his toddler during unsupervised visits was biased and relied on faulty expert evidence.
The man, who can only be identified as B.G., says in B.C. Court of Appeal documents that Justice Paul Walker attacked the father's credibility and character in an earlier family court proceeding.
Walker said in a ruling last July that social workers allowed B.G. unsupervised visits with his children despite a court order to the contrary, ultimately enabling him to molest his youngest daughter.
The father claims in documents that Walker relied on a report by a U.S. psychologist who did not interview either B.G. or his children before offering her opinion that he sexually abused them.
A Vancouver police investigation said sexual abuse allegations against the man were unfounded and no charges were laid in the case.
The court ruling prompted Opposition New Democrats to call for Children's Minister Stephanie Cadieux to resign and the province to launch a months-long review of child welfare practices.
The province is appealing the decision and B.G., who vehemently denies abusing his kids, is named as a third-party respondent.
