[The abbot of Montserrat admits that “controls failed” and apologizes for the abuses]
BARCELONA (SPAIN)
El Pais
September 8, 2019
By Jesús García
[Josep Maria Soler is committed to improving protocols to protect minors]
El abad de Montserrat, Josep Maria Soler, pidió ayer públicamente perdón por los abusos sexuales a menores cometidos por religiosos en el monasterio. En su primera homilía dominical después del informe de la comisión independiente que ha ratificado la existencia de abusos, Soler admitió que “los mecanismos de prevención y control” fallaron. Un monje de la abadía abusó durante casi tres décadas de un número indeterminado de menores con total impunidad y sin que el monasterio actuase contra él, concluye el informe.
[The abbot of Montserrat, Josep Maria Soler , yesterday publicly apologized for the sexual abuse of minors committed by religious in the monastery. In his first Sunday homily after the report of the independent commission that has ratified the existence of abuse, Soler admitted that “prevention and control mechanisms” failed. A monk from the abbey abused for almost three decades an undetermined number of minors with total impunity and without the monastery acting against him, the report concludes.]
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