Malta: Religious order gives its blessing to defrock jailed priest

The Times reports that the Franciscan Order in Rome to which jailed former parish priest Donald Bellizzi belongs, has made a formal request for Pope Francis to defrock the cleric. Bellizzi was found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage boy in his care. 

The paper speaks to police inspector Timothy Zammit who said that self-made child indecent material is rising year after year. At the same time, the age of children publishing compromising photos of themselves is getting younger.

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