The Gozo Curia has said that l-orizzont newspaper has published a retraction of the allegations it made on the 1st of August 2012 against the Bishop of Gozo, Mario Grech.
The allegations made by the newspaper were that the Curia was promoting the cause of the Minister for Gozo’s brother, to be beatified prior to the General Election.
The newspaper said in the statement on Wednesday that it acknowledged the Bishop for Gozo’s actions were motivatied through purely pastoral work and not political matters. The newspaper also said that it regretted that suggestions in the article had created doubts over the integrity and impartiality of Bishop Grech.