{"id":29146,"date":"2025-03-15T21:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T21:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/legionaries-of-christ-priest-accused-of-abusing-5-schoolgirls-in-spain\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T21:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T21:59:10","slug":"legionaries-of-christ-priest-accused-of-abusing-5-schoolgirls-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/legionaries-of-christ-priest-accused-of-abusing-5-schoolgirls-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Priester van de Legionairs van Christus beschuldigd van misbruik van 5 schoolmeisjes in Spanje"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%;margin-bottom: 25px\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1742075950_688_highlands.school.march.2025.jpg?quality=80&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"display: block;margin: auto;max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right;font-style: italic\">Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. \/ Bron: Met dank aan Highlands School<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Madrid, Spanje, 13 maart 2025 \/ 06:40 uur (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>Pater Marcelino de Andr\u00e9s N\u00fa\u00f1ez, een priester van de Legionairs van Christus en voormalig secretaris van Marcial Maciel, is in Spanje gearresteerd en onder voorwaarden vrijgelaten, beschuldigd van het misbruiken van vijf minderjarige meisjes op een school waar hij werkzaam was als aalmoezenier voor het basis- en voortgezet onderwijs.<\/p>\n<p>Maciel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/258398\/legionaries-of-christ-founder-almost-removed-from-priesthood-in-1950s-vatican-documents-show\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">de stichter van de Legionairs van Christus<\/a>, heeft ten minste 60 minderjarigen seksueel misbruikt, de meesten tussen de 11 en 16 jaar oud, volgens een <a href=\"https:\/\/legionariesofchrist.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Report-1941-2019.pdf\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">rapport<\/a> uitgegeven door de Legionairs van Christus in december 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Volgens verschillende verklaringen die de afgelopen dagen door de Highlands El Encinar School zijn vrijgegeven, heeft de Spaanse nationale politie De Andr\u00e9s op 6 maart gearresteerd, aanvankelijk beschuldigd van het seksueel misbruiken van \u00e9\u00e9n studente.<\/p>\n<p>Bij het vernemen van de gebeurtenissen activeerde de school het Protocol voor een Veilige Omgeving voor gevallen van seksueel misbruik gemeld tegen een Legionair van Christus, <a href=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Protocolo-de-actuacion-ante-denuncias-por-abuso-sexual-LC-version-febrero-2023.pdf\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">waarvan de laatst goedgekeurde versie <\/a>dateert van februari 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Binnen enkele uren nadat ouders over de arrestatie waren ingelicht, werden er nog vier klachten ontvangen en stuurde de school <a href=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.es\/comunicado-highlands-el-encinar-capellan\/\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">een nieuwe mededeling<\/a> naar ouders als antwoord op de belangrijkste vragen die in die periode waren binnengekomen.<\/p>\n<p>Highlands School legde uit dat de priester in september 2022 op de school kwam om een vacature te vervullen en dat hij een verklaring omtrent het gedrag overlegde waaruit bleek dat hij geen strafblad had voor zedenmisdrijven.<\/p>\n<p>De school verklaarde dat de priester werd aangenomen ondanks zijn bekende banden met de stichter van Regnum Christi en de Legionairs van Christus, Maciel, \"omdat er geen geschiedenis was van ongepast gedrag jegens minderjarigen die hem ervan zou weerhouden zijn werk in een onderwijscentrum uit te voeren.\"<\/p>\n<p>De Andr\u00e9s werd op 8 maart onder voorwaarden vrijgelaten door de rechter, die verschillende voorzorgsmaatregelen oplegde.<\/p>\n<p>Het werd hem verboden om binnen 300 meter van de school te komen; om de minderjarige meisjes die klachten indienden te benaderen of met hen te communiceren; om deel te nemen aan enige activiteit die regelmatig en direct contact met minderjarigen inhoudt; en om het land te verlaten.<\/p>\n<p>Bovendien beval de rechter de priester zijn paspoort in te leveren en stelde hij zijn zus en een strafrechtadvocaat aan om hem te verdedigen.<\/p>\n<p>De Andr\u00e9s is de auteur van talloze boeken in het Spaans, waaronder \"Jozef van Nazareth, een man naar Gods hart\", \"Waar wacht je op om gelukkig te zijn?\", \"Verhalen van hoop\" en \"Geef hem vleugels: meer dan 100 manieren om lief te hebben.\"<\/p>\n<p><em>Dit verhaal <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aciprensa.com\/noticias\/111431\/sacerdote-exsecretario-de-marcial-maciel-acusado-de-abusar-de-5-menores\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>werd voor het eerst gepubliceerd<\/em><\/a><em> door ACI Prensa, de Spaanstalige nieuwspartner van CNA. Het is vertaald en bewerkt door CNA.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/262699\/legionaries-of-christ-priest-accused-of-abusing-5-schoolgirls-in-spain\">Bronlink <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. \/ Credit: Courtesy of Highlands School Madrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 \/ 06:40 am (CNA). Father Marcelino de Andr\u00c3\u00a9s N\u00c3\u00ba\u00c3\u00b1ez, a priest of the Legionaries of Christ and former secretary of Marcial Maciel, was arrested in Spain and released subject to restrictions, accused of abusing five underage girls [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-29146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/highlands.school.march_.2025.jpg?fit=670%2C447&quality=80&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29068,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/regnum-christi-to-review-abuse-prevention-policies-following-arrest-of-former-official\/","url_meta":{"origin":29146,"position":0},"title":"Regnum Christi to review abuse prevention policies following arrest of former official","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"maart 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. \/ Credit: Courtesy of Highlands School Madrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 \/ 15:35 pm (CNA). 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