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	Press Release Regarding Allegations of Sexual Abuse As Reported in the International Press Diocese of Gozo October 19, 2006 http://www.gozodiocese.org/pr191006EN.php This afternoon, Thursday, 19th October 2006, the Diocese of Gozo has learnt for the first time through the international press about allegations made against a priest residing in the Diocese of Gozo. The Diocese of Gozo has seen the statement issued by the Archdiocese of Miami, Florida, U.S.A., with regard to this case. The bishop of Gozo, Mgr. Mario Grech, contacted tonight the Archdiocese of Miami and asked for further information about the case. In light of all this, tomorrow Bishop Grech will instruct the Response Team to investigate these allegations according to the policies established by the Maltese Ecclesiastical Province with regard to cases of sexual abuse in pastoral activity, and present him with a report. Mgr. Grech will pass all information he receives pertaining to this case to the Response Team as he has done in similar cases. Bishop Grech, conscious of the gravity of pedophilia, reiterates that he will cooperate with those responsible for investigating such cases so that justice is done to the victims, the perpetrators are reformed and the common good is safeguarded.
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