MALTA
Malta Independent
Following the confirmation of a 2011 sentence against two priests accused of the sexual abuse of minors in their custody, Lawrence Grech, who claimed he had been sexually abused while residing at St Joseph’s Home in Santa Venera in the late 1980s, told The Malta Independent that “only time will help him come to terms with what he had been through”.
“The confirmation of the sentence is positive and at least the anxiety that I suffered as a result of hiding from the public eye what I had been through before the case came to light, is nearly over. However, time has to take its course.”
When asked whether the Church offered to further discuss compensation for the 11 sexually abused victims, Mr Grech said that the Church always made it very clear that it was not responsible for what had taken place and that “we would have to go about seeking justice against the perpetrators privately.”
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