MALTA
Malta Today
Fr Charles Fenech, the priest accused of sexually abusing a woman, today appeared in another court case brought against him, heard behind closed doors.
The criminal defamation case, filed on a report by Edgar Bonnici Cachia, is also being heard behind closed doors.
Upon emerging from the court, Fenech refused to reply to questions put to him by the press as to whether he had any comments to make on the grave accusations filed against him.
Fenech is facing charges of violent sexual abuse against a mentally unstable patient and holding the woman against her will and committing indecent acts in public.
One of Fenech’s alleged victims who spoke to MaltaToday on condition of anonymity, said that though the Church has known about the allegations for years, Fenech has never been removed from his position as director of the Kerygma Movement.
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