Mgr Joe Vella Gauci’s appointment as the Government’s envoy to UNESCO in Paris was not approved by Gozo’s ecclesiastical authorities, The Sunday Times of Malta has learnt.
Sources close to the Gozo Curia confirmed Mgr Vella Gauci did not seek the permission of Gozo Bishop Mario Grech over this appointment, as he was obliged to do under Canon Law.
When contacted, Mgr Vella Gauci – who has also been approved to act as Malta’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO from an office in Gozo, where he resides – said there had been other instances where priests were given appointments by the State.
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