MALTA
Malta Independent
Neil Camilleri
Monday, 17 July 2017
The victims of sexual abuse carried out by priests at St Joseph Home in Santa Venera decades ago will seek legal help to stop an annual fundraising marathon from being held at the premises.
Speaking to The Malta Independent yesterday, one of the victims, Lawrence Grech, said that seeing the marathon on TV brought back horrible memories from the days when he and other young boys were abused. “We are not against raising funds for good causes but you have to understand that while this is a positive and happy event for many people, it brings so many bad memories for us.”
He added that the internal courtyard where the event is held is, for the victims, a “place of punishment.”
“It is where one of the fathers used to make us sweep the floor for hours under the sun.”
Grech added: “This place was a brothel where we were abused. Seeing this marathon on TV is like a stab to the heart, because this is the same place where those horrible things happened.”
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