In an interview with el Diario, Spain's leading digital newspaper, the lawyer said: "It is very difficult for us to think that everything is a mistake. We are talking about the Bishops' Conference and one of the best law firms in Spain. In our opinion it is not credible that this was a simple oversight and we hope that as part of the criminal process, elements will come out that will help us understand what happened and who is responsible." "One of the people involved recommended us to the relevant group because he knew that privacy is one of the issues we work on the most. After meeting with this group, everyone decided to trust our office, which is an honor and a challenge, because we believe that this is a just cause and should not be diluted by others"
SPAIN'S HIGHEST CHURCH UNION IN CHARGE
"In our opinion, the Bishops' Conference would be directly responsible, since the report with the information of the persons concerned was published on its website, took days to delete and did not intervene to prevent it from being published on other pages. The question is whether this was a simple mistake that we did not share, or whether it was malicious or inexcusable, which we sincerely believe to be the case, given that the accused persons are not fully mentally retarded."
THE LAW FIRM WAS INFILTRATED, BUT WHO IS IT?
Gonzales says that a mole was inserted into the Cremades (Law Office) team. Nevertheless, the lawyer says, Cremades has an obligation to protect the data and is therefore responsible for what happened. The lawyer identifies this person as Alfredo Dagnino. Former partner of the law firm and now Compliance Officer of the Spanish Bishops' Conference. "Professional misconduct should be personally investigated and it is surprising that the Cremades law firm did not do so. He is suspected of illegally passing information to the Bishops' Conference".
WE ARE NOW WAITING FOR THE ANSWER
What is the latest situation? "For the moment, the complaint has been filed and we are waiting for confirmation from the investigative court to which the case has been assigned," says Gonzales
SO WRONG ABOUT CHILD MOLESTATION VICTIMS
Louis Felipe Gomez, the lawyer for the victims, replied: "That is the question. Are these mistakes? We believe that such a mistake is illogical and that it is vital that an explanation is given to the judicial authorities."
JESUIT MOLESTER WHO TOOK PHOTOS OF CHILDREN IN BOLIVIA; HIDE THE SCRAPBOOK
The Christian world is reeling from yet another scandal. The news came from Bolivia. According to the Spanish newspaper El Pais; "Rome has asked the Jesuits in Bolivia to keep the diary of a pedophile who photographed dozens of victims: "It must be protected with the utmost care," it said. In 2020, the General Curia of the Society of Jesus sent an "email" to those responsible in this Latin American country, ordering them to pay compensation to the victims and to make public the name of the perpetrator Lucho Roma, but not to reveal his writings or the internal investigation".
JURISPRUDENCE SAYS TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION
The General Curia of the Society of Jesus in Rome, the highest governing body of the Jesuit order, has received the report of the Bolivian Jesuits' 2019 investigation into the Spanish pedophile Lucho Roma, a missionary who abused more than a hundred indigenous girls between 1983 and 2002, photographing, videotaping and writing everything down in his diary. The pedophile's manuscripts and the results of the investigation reached Roma. Roma recommended that the Bolivian civil authorities be informed of the events. In February 2020, Claudio Paul, advisor to the Jesuit Abbot and Regional Assistant for South Latin America, wrote an email to Provincial Ignacio Suñol, the highest-ranking member of the congregation in this Latin American country, outlining the next steps he should take after completing the investigation against Lucho Roma: pay compensation to the victims, make the case public "clearly stating Luis Roma's name (not just his initials)" and keep his diary as "confidential information".
BOTH SIDES WANTED TO COVER UP
The email obtained by the newspaper is seen as further evidence of a cover-up by both the order in Bolivia and the highest officials in Rome. Asked why the Society of Jesus did not punish those who led the Bolivian order and did not follow its directives, Claudio Paul, advisor to the Jesuit Superior General and Regional Assistant for South Latin America, said it was not his responsibility "to deal with the internal affairs (of the order) in an external forum." "They did not want to specify why they did not report what happened to the Bolivian civil authorities, even though they knew the seriousness of the events and had reports," El Pais writes. On the other hand, the Society of Jesus in Bolivia implies that it is the civil justice system that should clarify what happened.
