A prominent property developer convicted and jailed for sexual abuse can now be identified as Peter Versi after a judge lifted a suppression order preventing publication of his name in NSW.

District Court judge Ken Taylor today lifted the order that he made after Versi's barrister, Anthony Bellanto, QC, submitted publicity would be "catastrophic" to his reputation and business activity.

Peter Versi ... convicted and jailed for sexual abuse.

The 63-year-old was jailed last month for at least 18 months after a jury found him guilty of one act of indecency and one act of sexual intercourse with his young stepdaughter at Mosman in the mid-1980s.

Versi maintains his innocence and intends to appeal.