"Cumpari of the Tall One"?

[antimafia]

^^^^
Insofar as Sciascia was telling the truth, we don’t know whether he meant he was a parrinu (Italian: padrino) at Amato’s daughter’s baptism or confirmation because Sciascia didn’t make a distinction when he used the word “godfather” the first of two times in his interview. Interestingly, the Sicilian language uses parrina to translate the Italian word madrina (godmother). Regardless of whether Sciascia was the godfather at Amato’s daughter’s baptism or was the sponsor at her confirmation, she was his figghiozza, and he her parrinu. Which would mean that Sciascia was indeed Amato’s compare.

The consular officially denied Sciascia’s request 6 months after interviewing him. I think she didn’t find some of his answers to her liking: not truthful or too truthful, actually. The excerpt below includes what she wrote in her decision.

“Having investigated further the responses to the questions which you gave me at your interview, I must confirm that I do consider you inadmissible to Canada.” She said she believed that Sciascia was a member of the Mafia and a danger to the public. On September 8, 1995, Joseph Sciascia, on his father’s behalf, appealed Burrows’s decision. Six weeks later, the immigration department certified that Sciascia was a danger to the Canadian public.