MALTA
Times of Malta

Saturday, January 14, 2012, by Waylon Johnston

Sex abuse victim Lawrence Grech has been labelled a liar by defence lawyer Giannella de Marco as she made her case in the appeal of two former priests against their child abuse conviction.

In what must have been an uncomfortable moment for Mr Grech in the public gallery, the lawyer accused him of seeking fame and fortune and “biting the hand that fed him”. Mr Grech shifted uneasily on the already hard and uncomfortable court room bench as the lawyer described his “system of conduct” which, she claimed, supported the theory that his abuse claims were all a lie.

Dr de Marco made the arguments at the start of the appeal proceedings in which her clients, defrocked Francesco Scerri, known as Godwin, and Carmelo Pulis are contesting their conviction.