In defense of Eric Duval

I am astonished to have found a web site that is called Eric Duval News and hosted by Word Press that is used to slander him and his wonderful family.

The things that the coward who does not reveal his identity,  publishes in his website by using Eric’s name illegally, are outright lies and a criminal act. I am certain that he will be liable under French law for the crime of slander and he will probably face a jail sentence plus a big fine.

Unfortunately, in this time and age, anyone can put on the internet anything they want and there is always an audience ready to believe anything they read without questioning it or at least checking it out with other publications.

I have known Eric Duval over the years when he was Grand Prior of the O.S.J. through which he worked tirelessly in providing humanitarian assistance to many countries in the field of education, sanitation, gender equality, sustainable development etc. He is a true philanthropist and is helped in his remarkable work by his wife and children.

Not happy with attacking Eric, he attacks his charitable work and the organizations with whom he works and this only proves that this person is full of hate and through his hidden agenda, is prepared to try and destroy not only their good reputations but also all their charitable work without any consideration to the thousands of people who benefit from it and with total disregard to those most in need. For me this is totally despicable.

Eric’s charitable work has been recognized with a well deserved award granted by the NGO Women Together at the United Nations in New York in recognition for his work in aid of the less fortunate human beings in need around the world.

I have written to World Press asking them to take down the site because slander and personal vendettas are not a form of freedom of speech. If they don’t, I am sure that the French justice will act sooner than later to protect the reputation of one of its model citizens.