—Inés San Martín, “Abuse victim of Opus Dei priest wants case to be acknowledged,” Crux, July 13, 2020
See:
https://youtu.be/LYNRsFK3XQQ?si=rg8wnXDYmjrmt3KA
—TheDeepDiveProject, “Opus Dei’s Sex Abuse Crisis They’d Rather We All Forgot About It | Opus Dei Deep Dive,” YouTube video, 25:19 minutes, September 8, 2021
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The specific charges leveled by MGF [the victim] against [Father Manuel] Cociña is that the priest massaged the young man’s genitals at least seven different times after the young man’s confession to him. MGF stated that…at least four other young men had reported similar episodes of abuse at the hands of the same Opus Dei priest.
7:58
MGF obtained a meeting with Opus Dei regional director in Madrid who listened to his accusations against Cociña—and this part just blows my mind—the director told MGF that he himself was reluctant to relay the charge to his superiors because he was unsure if the acts of massaging the victim’s genitals had a sexual connotation.
8:43
The director told MGF that the…revelations would hurt—yeah, no kidding—and that the young man should shut up pray for the priest and not worry—that is just completely unacceptable…and the fact that that even happened at all.
Among other systemic deficiencies in the Roman Catholic Church, the lack of capacity or outright incapacity to deal justly and effectively with abuse—not only sexual but other forms of abuse as well—occurring within the institution arises from the following attributes of cultural clericalism:
- Absence of due process inside the institution itself
- Absence of adjudicative processes within the institution that deal fairly with all parties in the dispute—clerical reputation is given priority and importance over victim welfare.
It appears that in key instances the actions of the secular police and judicial institutions together with those of the secular press—if they are sufficiently motivated and they exercise the ethics proper to their respective professions—turn out to be necessary in order to obtain justice and fair treatment for the victims. It is only too obvious that you cannot rely on the institution—the Roman Catholic Church—to act against its own interest. Conflict of interest in cases of sexual and other forms of abuse is unmistakable, overriding, and prevalent.
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ReplyDeleteRebecca of TheDeepDiveProject speaks about the clerical sexual abuse case of “Lucas” (not his real name), which is reported in this article:
https://cruxnow.com/church-in-europe/2020/07/abuse-victim-of-opus-dei-priest-wants-case-to-be-acknowledged
—Inés San Martín, “Abuse victim of Opus Dei priest wants case to be acknowledged,” Crux, July 13, 2020
See:
https://youtu.be/LYNRsFK3XQQ?si=rg8wnXDYmjrmt3KA
—TheDeepDiveProject, “Opus Dei’s Sex Abuse Crisis They’d Rather We All Forgot About It | Opus Dei Deep Dive,” YouTube video, 25:19 minutes, September 8, 2021
7:24
The specific charges leveled by MGF [the victim] against [Father Manuel] Cociña is that the priest massaged the young man’s genitals at least seven different times after the young man’s confession to him. MGF stated that…at least four other young men had reported similar episodes of abuse at the hands of the same Opus Dei priest.
7:58
MGF obtained a meeting with Opus Dei regional director in Madrid who listened to his accusations against Cociña—and this part just blows my mind—the director told MGF that he himself was reluctant to relay the charge to his superiors because he was unsure if the acts of massaging the victim’s genitals had a sexual connotation.
8:43
The director told MGF that the…revelations would hurt—yeah, no kidding—and that the young man should shut up pray for the priest and not worry—that is just completely unacceptable…and the fact that that even happened at all.
To be continued
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Among other systemic deficiencies in the Roman Catholic Church, the lack of capacity or outright incapacity to deal justly and effectively with abuse—not only sexual but other forms of abuse as well—occurring within the institution arises from the following attributes of cultural clericalism:
- Absence of due process inside the institution itself
- Absence of adjudicative processes within the institution that deal fairly with all parties in the dispute—clerical reputation is given priority and importance over victim welfare.
It appears that in key instances the actions of the secular police and judicial institutions together with those of the secular press—if they are sufficiently motivated and they exercise the ethics proper to their respective professions—turn out to be necessary in order to obtain justice and fair treatment for the victims. It is only too obvious that you cannot rely on the institution—the Roman Catholic Church—to act against its own interest. Conflict of interest in cases of sexual and other forms of abuse is unmistakable, overriding, and prevalent.
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