MALTA
Independent
Neil Camilleri
Thursday, 5 May 2016
Only one out of 24 complaints assessed by the Church’s safeguarding commission between February and December 2015 was substantiated.
Details about the number of complaints and other works and plans by the commission were given to the press this afternoon.
Andrew Azzopardi, the Head of Safeguarding & Director of Children’s Homes, said the commission received a total of 27 complaints last year. The commission also inherited another 4 pending cases.
24 risk assessments were concluded while the other seven are ongoing.
Mr Azzopardi explained that these cases are not limited to sexual abuse but could also deal with physical, and emotional abuse, neglect, bullying and poor practice.
Until December there were restrictions on pastoral activities imposed against five people – a diocesan priest, three religious persons (priests, brothers or nuns) and a lay person while their assessments were ongoing. One diocesan priest had their pastoral activity restricted as a result of the assessment.
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