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Malta Independent

I went to Fr Charles to adopt. He told me to leave my husband. Later he tried to kiss me – victim

Today, The Malta Independent is publishing parts of a sworn affidavit by one of the alleged victims regarding an alleged sexual abuse by a Dominican priest in which she gives details of her intimate relationship with him.

In her affidavit, she gives a chronological account of the various times she and Fr Charles Fenech were involved sexually.

She said that after her marriage was annulled, she threw a party to which Fr Charles Fenech was invited. It was here that he tried to kiss her for the first time.

The relationship developed into a roller-coaster of events, with the two at times close to each other and at other times staying apart.

She submitted a complaint to the Curia’s Response Team in 2006 and…