A court upheld Tuesday the decision of another judge to release on charges one of the teachers involved, Joaquim Benitez, who confessed responsibility for the abuses and was the first to be reported.
The confessed pederast is prohibited leaving Spain, approaching minors, communicate or coming within 300 meters from victims who have denounced and must make themselves regularly in court.
the number of claimants has grown since in February parent of a student denounce this former professor at a center in Barcelona, who taught gymnastics for 27 years, for alleged sexual abuse of her son, now of legal age.
it so was that this teacher was denounced by another family in 2011, but the case was closed because the victim refused to testify.
the father suspected then that there were more victims and hung posters around the school, with an address email, to gather new evidence.
so far, more than fifty former students who claim to be victims of sexual abuse in different centers of the Marist have contacted the father, who is centralizing the receipt of complaints.
More than half of these cases have still not been formally reported to justice, according to investigative sources.
at the moment, in the courts Catalonia are open three distinct for abuses in schools of the Marist causes, but most are concentrated in the school located in a poor neighborhood of the city of Barcelona and against professor Joaquim Benitez confessed pederast.
the various Marist schools in the region of Catalonia have condemned and rejected accusations of concealment and tolerance of child abuse and reiterated his “unconditional” support to victims.
the parent uncorked the case and denounced the “opacity” and “reserves” that the congregation has addressed this issue, last week sent a letter to Pope Francisco to create a commission of inquiry the week, boost public condemnation and the order religious apologize.
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