MALTA
Times of Malta
An international support group for clergy abuse victims, Snap, has called on Canadian authorities to move to apprehend Godwin Scerri before he disappeared.
Mr Scerri, a defrocked priest and a member of the Missionary Society of St Paul, was three years ago jailed five years after he was found guilty of sexual abuse on young boys in his care. He was paroled yesterday.
He is wanted by the Ontario provincial police in Canada having avoided prosecution there two decades ago when he fled to Malta.
“We beg anyone who saw, suspected or suffered Scerri’s crimes – in Canada, Malta or elsewhere – to find courage, speak up, call police, expose wrongdoers and protect kids.
“We urge Catholic officials in Canada to use pulpit announcements, church bulletins and parish websites to warn parents, police, parishioners and the public about Scerri,” they said.
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