February 01, 2010
Curia Silent on Pedophile Priest's Appointment in Malta
MALTA -- The Archbishop’s Curia this week chose to remain silent about the nature of the appointment given to a Maltese priest in Malta in the mid-1990s who was convicted of paedophilia in Italy in 2004. While acknowledging that Fr Felix Cini had served in Malta between 1995 and 1996, and insisting that he had not returned to Malta since the conclusion of Italian court action against him 2004, the Curia refused to answer questions on where he had served in Malta, and in what capacity. In a right of reply (see letter on page 25) to last week’s front page story exposing how the appointment of the Maltese Fr Felix Cini to a parish in Cercemaggiore, in the diocese of Campobasso, had caused a split in the community after parishioners discovered gruesome details of the priest’s conviction and subsequent plea bargain on paedophilia charges, the Maltese Curia states, “The priest involved was ordained and incardinated in a diocese in Italy. Therefore, he is not a member of the Maltese Diocese and does not fall under the discipline of the authorities of this Diocese.”Click Here For The Full Story......