A Kelowna child rapist, once described as a “monster” by a judge, has failed in yet another attempt to have long-term restrictions placed on him loosened.

Since being released from jail in 2021, Steven Walsh has made numerous appeals in an attempt to amend a court order that bars him from being near anyone 16 or under, along with a long list of other restrictions.

Over the years, when he has lost an appeal, he’d appeal that decision, and appears to use legal aid to do so, as he can’t afford a lawyer.

The latest attempt is laid out in a May 1 BC Court of Appeal decision, where the panel of justices allowed parts of his appeal to move forward before then dismissing the appeal.

“Mr. Walsh posed a continuing risk to the safety of females under the age of 16, and that the terms of the prohibition order were necessary and appropriate to manage that risk. Mr. W has failed to show that the judge made any error in principle undermining those conclusions,” Justice Paul Riley said in the decision.

Walsh’s case dates back to 2012, when he was arrested for filming himself raping his stepdaughter.

“Mr. Walsh’s egregious sexual misconduct only came to an end when the police entered a hotel room to find him actively engaged in sexual abuse of the victim,” the decision reads.

He was sentenced to seven years’ jail in 2016 with the judge saying Walsh had used “crushing depravity” against the victim and that the videos he’d made were “breathless in their brutality.”

The judge noted that Walsh minimized his behaviour and deflected blame, portraying the victim as the “instigator.”

While on bail, Walsh, who was in his mid-40s at the time, entered a relationship with a woman under 20 years old, who didn’t know about his past. They lived together for several years and had a child.

While Walsh was still in jail, he applied to have his new partner listed as a supervisor so he could live with her and their young daughter upon release. The application was rejected.

Since being released from prison, Walsh has made applications to have supervised contact with his child, which have all been rejected.

While the 20-year-long restrictions against Walsh are set to expire in 2041, he appealed the length of time he should be on the sex offenders registry be reduced to five years. Again, the courts rejected the idea.

In the latest decision, Walsh claims he had “changed circumstances” and the restrictions placed on him from when he was sentenced are no longer necessary.

However, the court dismissed all his arguments.