A daily survey El Pais of 251 suspected pedophiles in the Spanish Catholic Church has been transmitted to the Vatican, which has opened internal investigations, according to a newspaper article on Sunday, December 19. The newspaper investigated for three years before delivering a 385-page report to Pope Francis on December 2.
These accusations and testimonies, collected by El Pais, relate to events that occurred between 1943 and 2018, specifies the daily. ” El Pais received more than 600 messages “, details the article.
In matters of sexual violence, the Church’s investigations are opened and carried out from the Vatican by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which was not able to confirm the opening of investigations to Agence France-Presse (AFP) Sunday.
For its part, the Spanish Episcopal Conference (EEC) “Reiterates its interest and readiness to carry out an investigation into all cases of abuse” and “Encourages all victims to submit complaints”, in a press release released on Sunday.
Since 2001, the Vatican has already received 220 complaints of sexual violence in the Spanish Church, an EEC spokesperson told AFP.