MALTA
Malta Independent
Alleged sexual abuse by Fr Fenech: Victim says Dominicans paid for her psychological therapy
One of the victims allegedly sexually abused by Fr Charles Fenech saw a psychologist for about a year but was never asked to pay for the services rendered. She is claiming that she was told that the Dominican Province will be dealing with the costs.
She was given advice to go for professional help by another Dominican priest, Fr Charles Tabone, but she does not know whether it was “Fr Tabone, Fr Fenech or the Dominican Province” who paid.
Contacted by The Malta Independent, Fr Tabone preferred to answer in generic terms and refused to be drawn into the individual case. When contacted via phone Fr Tabone asked for questions to be sent via email.
Can you confirm that when Fr. Charles Fenech was the Dominican Provincial in 2004 he asked you to send one of the alleged victims to a psychologist?
No Provincial ever requested me to send someone to a psychologist.
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