Last Wednesday, Javier Cremades, president of the law firm Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo, introduced members of a commission that will conduct an audit of abuse in the Spanish Church at the request of bishops. During a massive press conference, Cremades assured that although they had received only 45 complaints in six weeks, they had met with virtually every victim association and that all of them, except for “Stolen Childhood,” had participated. The same.
He went further and revealed that from the office they were trying to contact them in different ways. He even mentioned that one of his vice-presidents was “going to participate in the audit.” “Except for one association, this is Infancia Robada, we were able to talk to all of them. We had two levels of dialogue with Infancia Robada: one with the vice-president of this association, who asked us to testify, and our communications director, who was the promoter of this association. “We have deep respect for what they think and what they do,” the lawyer said.
The lawyer also showed a book by Manuel Barbero, the president of Mans Petites and the first applicant in the Marist case, which he would meet last week, entitled: “We can know how to open our eyes and see beyond silence. His remarks sparked outrage from several victims’ associations, who condemned the “falsity” and the use of personal conversations by a lawyer, a member of Opus Dei.
In a stern joint statement, both the Stolen Childhood and the Association of Victims of Pederasty in the Church of Navarre showed their “emphasis on Cremades”. “We categorically deny that any meeting took place between our associations (ANIR, AVIPIN) and the C&CS office,” said the associations, which affirms their “complete rejection and distrust of the Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo office’s proposal, in the sense that it is flawed.” The root. “
“While the Pope is calling for the victims to be placed at the center of the table, the Cremades office is skipping them and is dedicated to the absolute demonstration of power through so much national and international legal contact, yes, with the Georgian Treasury being held accountable. The church said in a statement that it regretted that the members of the church were not “experts on victims of sexual violence in the church” or victims, as Manuela Carmena told elDiario.es, who will prepare the case. Firm, without commission member.
“Until now, they have not had the slightest sympathy for the victims, and every step taken by the above-mentioned office is forcing the victim even more,” said the associations, for example, in the initial questionnaire in which the applicants referred to themselves as “victims”.
“You can not whitewash the essence of this office by pointing out an equal distance between the victims and that outdated part of the church and its sudden ideological ‘plurality,'” they argue. “Fewer fights with victims and more with pedophiles, gentlemen!” They say.
For its part, the Tolerance 0 platform, comprised of Manuel Barbero, the first applicant in the Marist case, and the president of Mans Petites; Esther Pujol, first applicant in the Bellcaire case; Miguel Hurtado, the first applicant in the Abadie Montserrat case; Jordi de la Mata, the first applicant in the Jesuit case; And Alejandro Palomas, in addition to Vicki Bernadette, called for the creation of a “Truth Commission” that would go beyond the functions of ombudsman and audit functions assigned to it by the Cremades Episcopal Conference. “Tolerance 0” will not participate in any of them.
“Ethically and honestly, we can not cooperate. We got off the ombudsman train and got off the Cremades office train. [en referencia a la auditoría encargada por la Conferencia Episcopal al despacho Cremades & Calvo Sotelo, presidido por un miembro del Opus]”, – he said at the presentation of the Miguel Hurtado platform.
“The Catalan victims signed below are not going to take part in any other model of investigation, be it of a state nature (investigation by the ombudsman) or autonomous (Catalan Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) due to significant emotional exhaustion and secondary retaliation, which cooperates with “To overcome opposition and secular obstructionism on the part of the Catholic hierarchy,” the Catalan victims said.
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Source: El Diario
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