Er zijn er vast een paar die niet bepaald gelukkig zijn met het beroep op het Vaticaan van de slachtoffers en het artikel in La Republica.
Misschien zelfs wel een paar die niet zo heel erg blij meer zijn met het Pauselijk bezoek en de aandacht die dit dankzij de slachtoffers kreeg.
"wij zijn bang dat we vergeten worden" lietLawrence Grech weten. "Luister naar ons"
Het aantal rottevissekoppen met open monden neemt inmiddels per dag toe.
Zijn me die mannen even bedonderd! En gezien die open monden ziet het er naar uit ook dat de rotte vis ook nog 's flinke staart verdiend ook.
Eerst maar even een paar Justitie heren
(nootje van Msgr. Scicluna 7-8-2011: I’m (also) calm about the judgment because it’s the result of interplay between the best minds this country can produce, from the prosecution to the defence.”)
In a clarification statement issued yesterday, the Office of the Attorney General gave an explanation regarding last week’s judgement in the case against the two priests Carmelo Pulis and Godwin Scerri, both found guilty by the Court of Magistrates of sexually abusing children at St Joseph Home and a summer residence in Marfa.
Fr Scerri was charged with raping a boy at the summer residence they used in Marfa. Although the rape had taken place, magistrate Saviour Demicoli, who presided over the court, concluded that the minor had been raped at St Joseph Home in Santa Venera and not in Marfa.
The priest could, therefore, not be found guilty of this charge.
Giving a chronology of facts, Attorney General Peter Grech pointed out the police filed charges on 13 October 2003 and the first court sitting took place on 28 October that year.
On 15 April 2004, the Attorney General sent the case to be heard and decided before the Court of Magistrates and on 5 May 2004, just over six months after the case started, the police declared it had closed its evidence.
The defence counsel then started making its case. It declared it had no more evidence to present on 9 March this year.
All throughout the process, the victims were part of the process and were legally assisted by a lawyer they trusted.
Making direct reference to the fact that the charge could have been corrected, the Attorney General said this would have had its own consequences and risks especially at an advanced stage of proceedings.
First and foremost though, the Attorney General’s office clarified that it does not lead prosecution before the Court of Magistrates, as the police do so.
If a correction would have been registered, the accused could have asked to be notified from afresh with the whole proceedings. They could also have asked for witnesses to be heard again.
All this has risks over the time-barring of procedures (meaning that after a certain time lapse, the accused cannot be found guilty). Even charges that were not subject to correction could end up at a stage where they could not be continued and the whole case fails.
Starting the hearing from afresh also carries huge risks of delays, incorrectness and discrepancies between witnesses, the AG office explained.
“The correction of charges is therefore not a clean-cut solution and if this takes place at an advanced stage of proceedings, the whole case can be ruined,” it said.
The Attorney General continued to explain that the discrepancy regarding the place of crime was issued for the first time in the final judgement handed by the court and which is pending appeal.
Consequently, the case is still sub-judice and comments on the merits of the case from the prosecution are not appropriate at this stage. The prosecution will be discussing merits of the case by means of its submissions in court.
Finally, it was noted that Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri was appointed Attorney General on 11 May 2004 and the current Attorney General was appointed on 9 September 2010.
En dan Kerk en haar hulp en recht, episodes nummer zoveel en zoveel.
5-8- 2011 Scicluna over het Malteser onderzoek club het response team.9-8-2011 gevolgd door Opperhoofd van het Response Team Victor Caruana Colombo
waarop 10-8-2011 aan Scicluna de schone taak van het volkske-gaat-U-maar-gerust-slapen- bekertje warme melk ik heb geluisterd naar de slachtoffers, het kerkelijk onderzoek was ridiculous....
Vind Mijnheer Colombo vast niet leuk.
The Archbishop’s Curia has replied to questions about its handling of the sex abuse cases that arose eight years ago and culminated in the sentencing of two priests last week. The Church says it is planning to introduce new procedures for the handling of such cases. Christian Peregin compiled the questions and the answers.
Q: The Vatican’s chief prosecutor, Mgr Charles Scicluna, has said the Church’s investigation was “never-ending”, “ridiculous” and needed his prod to get things going. He said Judge Victor Caruana Colombo (who heads the Response Team) accepted the blame for these delays and it was clear he did not fully understand that his role was to see whether there were grounds to proceed on abuse claims not whether the priests were innocent or guilty. What has the Church done to make the system more adequate following this scandal? Who is going to head the Response Team from now on? How will it work?
R: Archbishop Paul Cremona has more than once expressed his sorrow that this case has taken so long and more than once he personally intervened so that the case would come to an end. It is true that Judge Caruana Colombo conducts a very thorough investigation of every case. This necessarily takes more time but it is also fair to say his investigations have more than once in the past been appreciated and praised by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and by Mgr Scicluna himself. His meticulous work made the work of the Canonical Process, authorised by the same congregation, easier and also shorter. A very important point needs to be emphasised: that the religious involved were suspended from their ministry and moved from the (St Joseph) Home from the very first day the report was made. New procedures (for the handling of cases) have been formulated and have been sent to the Vatican for approval.
Mgr Scicluna said the psychological problems of Charles Pulis should have been noticed at an earlier stage and he should have been prevented from working with children. Does the Church agree that such problems should prevent priests from working with children? What will the Church do to vet priests in a more appropriate way?
Things have changed a lot. For almost 30 years now all candidates to the priesthood have been screened by a clinical psychologist before entering the Seminary and, for the past 15 years, (they) are again screened by a psychiatrist after their fourth year of formation. However, one must say that while the Church is doing its utmost, there exists no screening that is foolproof.
Mgr Scicluna thinks the Church should be much more proactive to help the victims of abuse. He suggests compensation and a Victim Solidarity Fund. In (Monday’s) paper, the Church says there is no policy on this. But will there be a policy? Will there be a discussion on compensation?
In his interview on The Sunday Times, Mgr Scicluna distinguished between the compensation which is due according to the law, both civil and that of Canon law, which has to be carried personally by the person who has committed the abuse, and solidarity with the victims, which is an obligation of solidarity for every Christian. The Church has expressed this solidarity already in all psychological, pastoral and spiritual support mentioned in the Guidelines of 1999.
Mgr Scicluna also said the Church should conduct a humble exercise in soul-searching following this year’s handling of the divorce issue and the child abuse scandal. How does the Archbishop defend his leadership? Will the Church do this soul-search?
For all Christians, a humble exercise in soul-searching means above all to confront oneself with the Lord’s teachings. It has to be even deeper when some members of the Church, especially when these are priests, and the Church’s image, fail to mirror this. This is the case because the Archbishop and the Church community have to be accountable also before society.
Mgr Scicluna says that the Archbishop’s handling of this issue from now on will determine how he will be judged. What are the Archbishop’s priorities to handle this issue? So far, there was only a short statement released the day after the judgment and the Archbishop has remained silent for almost a week. Does this bode well for the future handling of this issue?
Mgr Scicluna said in the interview: “But the way he’s going to tackle it from now onwards is his responsibility.” The Archdiocese of Malta, under the leadership of Archbishop Cremona, is committed to promote the best standards to ensure a safe environment for children and young people.
Maar gelukkig mogen de slachtoffers, een aartsbisschop moet na het mislukken na het mislukken van de anti-echtsschedings uitlag, morgen ( nootje Scicluna 7-8-2011 - en niet voor het eerst- “I believed them because I met them and I have now developed a sense of someone who is telling the truth or trying to express himself in a difficult situation.) op de thee bij aartsbisschop Cremona komen, die dan hopelijk een nieuw vessie aan heeft. Op zijn oude was hij al eerder goed gespuugd. Zijn ze na al die rotte vis tenminste verzekerd van Maria kaakjes.
Moge ze een stevige maag hebben!
Dat slachtofferhulp congres, met barones, wordt inmiddels met de week een interessantere aangelegenheid.
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