SPAIN
International Business Times
By Dominic Gover
November 24, 2014
Three priests and a religious studies teacher have been arrested over child sex abuse claims in Spain.
The men were held by police in Granada over historical allegations which prompted Pope Francis to order the men to apologise when they emerged.
Spain’s national police held a 61-year-old priest named as Roman, as well as fellow clerics Manuel Morales and Francisco Javier Montes and the teacher, who has not been named.
The spread of sex abuse allegations to Spain has led the Archbishop of Granada, Francisco Javier Martínez, to prostrate himself before the cathedral altar to beg forgiveness during mass.
The accused priests were reportedly former members of a church brotherhood called ‘Hermanos Focolares’ before they were expelled. Reports said they were being detained in solidarity confinement on Monday [24 November].
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