AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
Rachel Browne
A federal health watchdog is investigating a Catholic nun who has practised as a psychologist assessing candidates for the priesthood in Sydney for the past eight years despite allegedly being unregistered.
Sister Lydia Allen, who told a royal commission she conducts psychological assessments at the Seminary of the Good Shepherd in Homebush, is under investigation by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency which oversees the registration of health professionals.
Only psychologists registered with the Psychology Board of Australia, which works in partnership with AHPRA, can use the title psychologist.
Sister Allen appeared before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse earlier this year where she was questioned about her role at the seminary, which is one of the largest in Australia with 50 seminarians.
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