There were 185 people charged with sexual abuse of children in the four years between 2006 and 2009.

Answering a parliamentary question by Silvio Parnis (PL), Justice Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici said there were 38 in 2006, 45 in 2007, 42 in 2008 and 60 in 2009. Cases decided and sentences handed down had been 20, 15, 16 and 20 respectively.

There were 17, 28, 26 and 40 cases that were still pending. One suspect passed away in 2006 and two others in 2007.

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