MALTA
Malta Independent
Minister Helena Dalli today said that the two priests mentioned by the Curia were “taken to court and subsequently jailed” because the victims reported the crime to the police.
The minister was reacting to a Curia statement which was issued in reaction to the minister’s own comments in Parliament on Wednesday.
The Curia said that the minister had said that paedophile priests should be made to answer for their actions before the Civil Courts like all other men.
The Curia said this was already being done and the media had given great publicity to the recent case where two priests were taken to court and subsequently jailed.
The fact was that a priest was judged by the Church Tribunal, which could strip him of the priesthood, and the Courts, the Curia said.
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