Retired judge reiterates importance of Church-State separation

“I could not tolerate that Christ and the Holy Mary were being used as if they were salt in a pot,” the 66-year-old judge told sister newspaper Illum on the divorce referendum campaign.

“The misfortune is that the Maltese Church does not want to recognise the dicotomy between state and church, something which the Popes themselves said it should be done.”

Sciberras adds that Malta’s constitution is a “confessional” one: “Similar to what happened in the past, the Church will continue to lose its followers.” He added that some members of the clergy have gone as far as saying “they want to interfere in what goes on in the bedroom of a married couple!”

Read the whole interview in Illum’s digital edition