Spanish Church Silenced the Case of a Missing Priest

SPAIN/CHILE
Prensa Latina

Madrid, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) The Church conceals information about the disappearance of Spanish religious Antonio Llidó in October 1974 in Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, today unveiled the online journal Publico.

The source says the Spanish Episcopal Conference and the Archbishop of Valencia refused to release the documents related to the case of the priest, one of the victims of the recently deceased Chilean general Manuel Contreras.

He adds that when the historian Mario Amoros (author of Antonio Llidó, a revolutionary priest, published in 2007) wanted to get the documents, the Archbishop said that should take 50 years to release those files.

When it was requested to the Spanish Episcopal Conference Amorós was informed that the access time is 100 years, according to journalist Danilo Albin, author of the research.

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