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Article originally prepared on : 18 April 2010
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Oh Great! : Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse ...but nobody is obliged to report sex abuse under Maltese law
Description: Despite a new Vatican policy that makes it clear that child sexual abuse cases should be reported to the police if required by
Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse ...but nobody is obliged to report sex abuse under Maltese law
Despite a new Vatican policy that makes it clear that child sexual abuse cases should be reported to the police if required by law, it is clear that this policy will not change much in Malta, since "Maltese law does not oblige anyone to report such cases", as Mgr Charles Scicluna, the Promoter of Justice in the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, confirmed on Friday.
In an interview with Xarabank host Peppi Azzopardi on Friday, Mgr Scicluna said: "The Maltese Church follows the laws of the country"¦ this is a very clear policy, even at the level of the Holy See.
"Maltese law does not oblige anyone to report cases of abuse of minors, but victims have the right to report their case to the police."
He went on to explain that the Church has a clear policy in this regard: it has the duty to inform victims about this right, and it is also duty-bound to cooperate in full with the victims and provide all the help they may need.
"Under Maltese law, victims have a choice. The Church is, however, duty-bound to help them," insisted Mgr Scicluna.
He said he recently spoke to a bishop, who said the country he is in requires the clergy to report child sex abuse cases to the police.
"This particular bishop said that from his experience, when victims of sex abuse take their case to court, they go through hell all over again."
Mgr Scicluna said that it is therefore important for victims to have a choice as to whether they want to report
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