A Judge in Madrid has dictated Oral trial opening For the former Secretary of Organization of Podemos Pablo Echenique by a tweet in which he assured that “statistically it is much more likely that a Priest commits a crime of sexual aggression Against minors that a migrant person criminal. “
Madrid’s Court of Instruction number 38 sends the bench to Echenique After a complaint from Christian lawyers and with the opposition of the Prosecutor’s Officewhich requested the archive of the cause and that does not accuse the exparliamentary.
The aforementioned Foundation accuses Echenique of a Crime of provocation to hate discrimination for your tweetpublished on May 10, 2024, for whose prosecution a criminal court in Madrid is competent, according to the order issued on March 14.
“Deporting priests”
The publication of Echenique added: “From the point of view of citizen security, It would be more effective deporting priests that hardens immigration policy. “
The former deputy declared in court that his publication does not imply a crime of hate since He did not want to criminalize all priests but defend migrants before manifestations of the Archbishop of Oviedo.
Responded to statements from the Archbishop of OviedoJesús Sanz Montes, who said that among the migrants welcomed “we can strain people who are unwanted.”
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