Do you mean he is faking it?

I hope that you are in the process of seeing some justice Mr Ellul-Grech. It took some time.

Yes but in Malta no one’s bank accounts remain a secret for long. They should know.

Personally I wouldn’t bring Catholicism into this. Whenever priests try to tell people to do something right or do nothing at all – or suffer the consequences – people groan and say they’re distancing people from the Church with their ‘rules’ and ‘consequences’.

Yes, there is forgiveness, but it always comes down to the average person him/herself who wants to abuse of it.

It boils down to people wanting to nominally appear religious but having none of the responsibility, not religion itself.

It’s also a growing problem in education. Children are no longer disciplined in a balanced way.

Some parents often leave it to the teacher to teach their child everything – be it manners, responsibility, right and wrong etc – while they do nothing at home; they only do something when they see the teacher as acting ‘unfairly’ by putting his/her foot down when needed.

It’s an unfortunate Maltese socio-cultural thing, a symptom of a larger phenomenon of people wanting all their rights but none of the responsibilities (maybe Mintoff is to blame with his ideas of everything being gratis).

We’ll be expecting the stigmata at any moment.

It is everywhere in our lives, and I think it has something to do with our education being so religious. In Catholicism we are taught to go to confession and all is forgiven by saying a few Hail Mary’s and a Glory Be.

We grow up thinking that in any situation, all we need to do is look like we’re sorry, or play the victim, and all will be forgiven.

It’s a common tactic used by kids at school and musew, and I believe it sticks for so long that it becomes ingrained in our minds, so when consequences do happen we go crazy.

Suddenly, when confronted with the consequences, we think they are too much for us to deal with and we collapse.

And you were not alone. In fact I believed your version of events and not his.

If he’s got to lie, he can at least try to make it credible.

Still waiting for instructions. Communications are a little difficult with most of them roaming the globe., Not to mention the current stories about interceptions and email hacking.