By Miriam Dalli
Malta Today
September 28, 2011
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/2011/0926/bondi-told-victims-%E2%80%98it%E2%80%99s-either-me-or-joseph-muscat%E2%80%99
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| Lou Bondi said it was either him or Joseph Muscat |
Church sex abuse victim Lawrence Grech revealed to MaltaToday that Lou Bondi had objected to them meeting with Labour leader Joseph Muscat telling them "it's either me or Muscat." The victims did eventually meet Joseph Muscat but no press was allowed to cover the event.
The Where's Everybody? frontman and TV presenter also placed conditions on the victims including a ban on speaking to other sections of the media, Grech said.
Until last Saturday, Bondi was representing the victims in an advisory capacity. He stepped down from this role after the victims protested in front of the Curia demanding compensation.
In a letter he sent to the victims, Bondi wrote that he had long been thinking about his decision to step down, and had come to the conclusion that now that the abusers had been brought to justice, his role was fulfilled.
But Grech refutes Bondi's explanation, saying that the sentence had been delivered a month ago: "Until Thursday, Bondi was still telling us not to speak with any media. But because I broke this condition, he criticised me."
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