Victims of sexual abuse should not report it to the Church, but should turn to the police or other professionals instead, Labour MP Ramona Attard has said, after the Bishop of Gozo announced that no canonical action would be taken against the priest who brokered a payment that led a family to withdraw a rape allegation against his relatives. Attard's
Labour MP Ramona Attard has issued a strongly worded reaction to the controversial Nadur rape case, questioning the Church’s handling of the case and telling victims of abuse to instead turn to professionals or the police. In a lengthy Facebook post, Attard said she had read the court judgment concerning allegations that a girl was sexually abused
Bishop of Gozo Anton Teuma has said that no canonical action will be taken against the priest who allegedly brokered a €7,000 payment that led a Nadur family to withdraw an allegation of rape against relatives of PN MP Chris Said in 2008, after concluding that two separate investigations found no grounds for disciplinary measures. Although Bishop Teuma