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A new judge will be assigned to the case of 10 victims of clerical sex abuse after a court upheld the appeal and declared that the men would suffer a breach of their right to a fair hearing if the judge currently presiding over the case failed to recuse himself

Matthew Agius 7 March 2017

The Constitutional Court has effectively ordered the recusal of a judge hearing a claim for damages by 10 victims of clerical sex abuse, saying the victims’ fears that the sitting judge’s involvement in Church-related organisations objectively justified their fears of bias.

Former residents at the Missionary Society of St Paul’s St Joseph Home in Hamrun, Lawrence Grech, Joseph Magro, Leonard Camilleri, David Cassar, Noel Dimech, Angelo Spiteri, Raymond Azzopardi, Charles Falzon, Philip Cauchi and Joseph Mangion had filed a claim for damages against the Missionary Society of St Paul following the…