Up to 440,000 victims of child abuse in Spanish church, Ombudsman reports
Over 200,000 children are estimated to have been sexually abused in Spain by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, according to an independent commission published...
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Opinion: three women in Spanish politics – No.2 Isabel Díaz Ayuso: the right profile
Self-styled patron saint and saviour of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso seems to have the Midas touch. But how far can she go? In the second...
Spain’s Catholic bishops find evidence of 728 sexual abusers within church since 1945
Spain’s Episcopal Conference, the Catholic bishops’ conference, has said that it has found evidence of 728 sexual abusers within the church since 1945, through the...
Spain’s ombudsman has heard testimonies from 445 victims of church sex abuse
Spain’s ombudsman (‘Defensor del Pueblo’ in Spanish) has said that an independent commission set up a year ago to investigate historic sex abuse by the...
Rare 14th-century synagogue uncovered in southern Spain
Archaeologists in the Spanish city of Utrera in the province of Seville (Andalusia) confirmed this week that they have uncovered a 14th-century synagogue hidden within a...
Spain’s Ombudsman says little ‘enthusiasm’ from Church into child abuse inquiry
Spain’s Ombudsman, Ángel Gabilondo, has said there is little ‘enthusiasm’ within Spain’s Catholic Church for the on-going investigation that he is leading into child sexual abuse...
Former Spanish priest sentenced to 30 years for abusing minors
Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld a sentence imposed on a former priest to 30 years in prison for abusing seven minors at a Catholic boarding...
Spain’s Catholic Church to consider talks on optional celibacy and women priests
The Catholic Church in Spain would like Rome to consider talks on the future of the priesthood including optional celibacy, the ordination of women and...
Spain’s Catholic Church asks law firm to investigate allegations of child abuse
Spain’s Catholic Church has said that a Madrid-based law firm will carry out an independent investigation into past and present allegations of child sex abuse involving...
Spain’s ombudsman tasked with heading probe into church sex abuse
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is tasking the country’s ombudsman with the first official investigation into the depth of sexual abuse committed by the Catholic Church....
