Spain, pedophile priests: the Pope wants the truth, the case opens
In Spain the case of the pedophile priests. An investigation that lasted years by the newspaper El Pais led, through meticulous work, to ascertain 251 cases of abuse on minors by members of the church, which took place between 1943 and 2018. The dossier – we read in Repubblica – was delivered to Dad during his last mission last December in Greece it’s at Cyprus. The answer of Francis it was almost immediate: he sent the documentation to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, charged with coordinating the investigations into all cases of pedophilia in the Catholic world. The 251 cases indicated by the newspaper, added to those known up to now, lead to a total figure of 602, each with direct reference to a religious involved, for 1,237 victims. A number likely to multiply: it could be a few thousand.
The stories – continues Repubblica – are verified, one by one, and inserted in the dossier once sufficient elements have been collected to indicate its veracity. This often happens with relative ease, because in many religious institutes the abuses and violence, covered up for too long, were a secret a voces: everyone knew of their existence but no one did anything to stop them. Gestures that could cause an earthquake in the church Spanish, given the impressive number of prelates involved in the cover-up of the abuse. In some cases the stories were aware of the hierarchy that covered those responsible, in others the religious involved were transferred, sometimes even abroad, to save them from the possible action of justice. . And there are some of the most prominent figures in the church Spanish in recent decades, including the former archbishops of Madrid and Barcelona.
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