Fired prison psychologist marries notorious child molester she was supposed to rehabilitate

A prison psychologist who was reportedly disbarred from her psychology license for starting a relationship with a convicted gang rapist has married another member of the Skaf child rape gang and moved in with him at her parents’ Sydney home, according to Fairfax Media.

Joanne Natalie Senior, 36, made headlines when she began a “totally out of character” relationship with a member of the notorious gang that raped teenagers across Sydney in 2000.

The experienced psychologist was suspended from her work in the correctional system in 2015 and subsequently disqualified from practicing psychology after she admitted before the Civil and Administrative Court of the State of New South Wales that she had entered into a relationship with one of the rapists, identified only as H.

However, upon closer investigation, it emerged that she is now married to another gang member, has taken his surname and has even converted to Islam, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Her 32-year-old husband, identified only as M, was released from Parklea Prison in 2013, where he is said to have met his wife, a psychologist, during her 10-year career. It is believed they married shortly after.

His identity remains hidden because he was only 17 years old when he raped two teenagers in 2000.

He was one of nine teenagers and men responsible for a series of gruesome gang rapes led by Bilal Skaf, which a judge described at the time as “worse than murder.”

Probation officers requested his bride’s name to determine whether she was a “suitable” partner and whether any children in her care were at risk. This would contravene the requirements of M’s Child Sex Offenders Register.

Despite the skepticism of the authorities and the internal intelligence service, who suspected that his new wife was actually Mrs. Senior, they considered that their relationship was not grounds for revoking his parole.

An inside source told Fairfax Media their relationship resembled a much larger problem within the probation industry, describing it as ineffective, inept and ill-equipped to monitor criminals.

“The probation officers have no idea how to deal with these guys – they have little to no training, no experience and some just don’t care,” the anonymous source said.

It is believed that both H and M attended an intensive sex offender programme run by Ms Senior and that the relationship with H eventually led to telephone sex.

When the Health Care Complaints Commission delisted Ms Senior in 2015, she claimed at the time that her behaviour was due to exhaustion and depression and was “totally out of character for her”.

“This has resulted in behavior that I can only describe as self-destructive and compromising, and such actions on my part are completely out of character for me,” she said.

When describing her actions, she failed to mention that she had started a new life with a member of the same reprehensible gang.

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