Ta for that. Amanda Bancroft's interpretation seems to make sense. I'd like to give this judge some benefit of the doubt. Nevertheless, it seems daft that he made that slip of the tongue. And of course, the full transcript would clarify : ).
I think Sue's comment still stands:
... a lot more going on here than is in the public domain ...
At the end of the day we have to trust social services to have made the right call against presumably husband's case (I wouldn't be in a hurry to do that). The interference of the state in the bedroom is tricky business.