Por qué muchas víctimas de pederastia concluyen que no sirve para nada denunciar ante la Iglesia: “Siento asco e impotencia”
El tribunal de la Rota y el obispado de Segovia archivan una denuncia de abusos en el seminario de la ciudad sin llamar a ninguno de los testigos reclamados por la familia y creyendo solo la versión del cura acusado
J. G. C. is a 59-year-old victim of sexual abuse when he was a minor, around the early 1980s, by the person who was one of the responsible officials at the Segovia seminary, A. G. R. At the age of 13, he was asked to stay behind by A. G. R. and led to a room where he was stripped and assaulted while another professor left the scene.
Despite his efforts to resist, A. G. R. convinced him to stay in bed as he was ill the next day. The case was dismissed by the tribunal canónico of the Rota in Spain due to lack of evidence and a convincing testimony, and the priest, now 80 years old, claimed his innocence, accusing another student who was a friend of the victim as the perpetrator.
The only Church of Spain report on the scandal, "Para dar luz," from 2023, only considered one of every ten known cases credible. Many victims are discouraged from reporting abuse to the Church due to numerous issues, including the Church's reluctance to investigate thoroughly, minimal information provided to the victims, and the concealment of cases from the Vatican.
The diocese has threatened legal action against the victim's family if they pursue the story further. Victims can now turn to the official Ministry of Justice reparations system as an alternative to the Church's archiving of the case.
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