More than thirteen thousand euros charged irregularly and a possible condemnation of two years in prison to the exabadesa if the intent is demonstrated. Belorado’s plot adds a new episode in which money is ahead of the supposed conflict again … doctrinal that generated the schism. In this case, the Management Commission appointed by the Pontifical Commissioner, Mario Iceta, has detected that since May 2022, two years before they announced their break with the Church, The former religious of Belorado have been charging the pension of a deceased nun. The amount exceeds thirteen thousand euros and, having knowledge, the Management Commission has asked social security its reimbursement, which will be assumed by the funds of the Clarisas Federation.
According to ABC from sources close to the case, the Management Commission has been able to verify that the religious, a nonagenarian from the Monastery of Derio, died in April 2022 but his pension continued to charge in the account of the monastery. However, the then responsible for the community and authorized in the accounts, the exabadesa Laura García de Viedma, He never communicated the error to the General Administration of the State.
The spring of 2022 was a difficult time for the community, because in a few months they lost three of the older sisters because of the COVID-19. Thus, as they have recognized in a press release public this Friday, «in relation to the death of some sisters of the community, Social security entered pensions in bank accounts corresponding to their names ». “However,” continues the note, “this irregularity was rapidly corrected by the administration, which recovered the amounts improperly admitted.” “It is important to note that no file has been opened or sanctions have been imposed on this situation.”
However, the note does not clarify the specific case of the pension of a deceased religious in April 2022. He was 93 years old and, although at that time he lived in Belorado, he came from the Monastery of Derio. As verified by the Management Commission, in the intervened account in which the pensions are received from the major, since May 2022 a monthly social security income of 395 euros continues. The fact that the entrance appeared, of course, with the civil name of the Clarisa, its origin of derio and the refusal of the ex -abadesa to provide information about the monastery -it has been required up to five times as the archbishopric of Burgos- hindered the identification of income.
However, once the origin was proven, the Commission notified, in mid -January, to the National Social Security Institute, together with the commitment to assume its return. For its part, the public administration has now initiated an investigation to clarify If the religious, today excommunicated, eluded notifying the death of their partner. The current legislation It establishes a period of 30 calendar days to provide the death certificate of a relative who charges a pension. As sources from the monastery of Belorado have explained to ABC, the former religious “followed a protocol to the death of each nun and that procedure was done by funeral home.”
The truth is that Social Security continued to enter the pension of the deceased in the community account. An extreme that the ex -religious deny: “At this time, it is not possible that, from the death of the sisters to the current date, Social Security has entered pensions in the community accounts in the name of some deceased.”
And they argue that, “to verify it it would be necessary to review the corresponding bank movements, something impossible due to the archbishop’s refusal to allow access to these accounts.” They allude to the accounts are intervened by the Pontifical Commissioner since June 2024, although irregularity dates back to two years before. However, The ex -religious do have access to the documentation of the management that led their accounts to the intervention. Asked by ABC about that accounting, the monastery environment says ignoring what appears in it.
In the face of the affirmation of the excites, This newspaper has been able to verify the existence of that income and of the brief presented by the Social Security Management Commission. The question is key. If Social Security finally claims the amount satisfied improperly and demonstrates that there was intent by the ex -religious by not notifying the irregular collection, it could be classified as a crime of fraud and would imply a condemnation of the return of the amounts and a penalty of Two years in prison For the responsible person. In this case, everything points to the exabadesa since he was responsible for the community and who had access to the accounts.
Economic problems
At the time the death of the religious occurred, they were just a few months for the end of the two -year moratorium they had agreed after the purchase of the Orduña monastery and the ex -religious were in a difficult economic situation. They had undertaken a reform of the orduña roofs and They did not have money to assume the first payment Semiannual (of 75,000 euros), which won in November. In fact, the situation would lead them to mortgage the monastery of Derio, which they intended to sell. They achieved with that mortgage they got 720,000 euros in cash that, according to them, were destined to pay the roof reform. They never paid any of Orduña’s semiannual fees.
On the other hand, the rise in chocolate and pandemic prices had diminished the benefits of their main source of income, the sale of truffles and chocolates, and had been forced to close the rural house next to the monastery of Derio -In the that they had made a great investment- because they lacked municipal license. In addition, they had also failed their attempts to sell their truffles to an important shopping center and export them to Japan.
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