Charles Scicluna

His Grace, The Most Reverend[1] Charles J. Scicluna
Archbishop of Malta Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Malta
See	Malta
Appointed	27 February 2015
Installed	21 March 2015
Predecessor	Paul Cremona
Other post(s)	Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2018-)
Orders
Ordination	11 July 1986 by Joseph Mercieca
Consecration	24 November 2012 by Paul Cremona
Rank	Metropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-15) 15 May 1959 (age 65) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Maltese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Emanuel Scicluna Maria Carmela Falzon
Previous post(s)	Promoter of Justice, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (2012–2015)
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto	Fidelis et Verax (Faithful and True)
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Charles Jude Scicluna (born 15 May 1959) is a Canadian-Maltese prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Malta since 2015. Both as a curial official and since becoming a bishop, he has conducted investigations into sexual abuse by clergy on behalf of the Holy See and led a board that reviews such cases. He has been called "the Vatican's most respected sex crimes expert".^[2]

He held positions in the Roman Curia from 1995 to 2012, when he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Malta. Since November 2018, Scicluna has been an Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the curial body responsible for dealing with clerical sexual abuse cases on minors around the world.