The Chief of the National Police accused of sexual assault He goes on the offensive. Two weeks after a female officer filed a complaint against him for alleged rape at his official residence, José Ángel González—who resigned when the judge summoned him to testify—is attempting to discredit the audio recording accompanying his defense. He argues that the recording "does not support" the complaint's account, but rather introduces elements that "demonstrate a very different relationship" between them: "It reveals a prior personal relationship of trust, in which complicity, intimate contact, and mutual verbal interaction are evident," states the document, which he has submitted. He argues that the conversation shows an "emotional dynamic" that is "incompatible" with the "alleged scenario of violence" described by the victim and maintains that the audio reveals there was no "scenario of pressure," but rather an "outburst of jealousy," a "clear demand for attention," and a "demand for exclusivity." Furthermore, she asserts that José Ángel González offered her permission to leave his home on two occasions: "You can leave. I've never used you. Go, go whenever you want. Come on, go."

Five days after surprisingly announcing that withdrew the accusation of sexual abuse Actress Elisa Mouliaá, who had filed a complaint against Íñigo Errejón, has withdrawn her initial statement and decided to remain in the criminal case. Sources from her defense team confirmed to ARA that she will continue as a private prosecutor in the proceedings and attributed her initial decision to an "emotional breakdown." In the document she submitted to the courts last Wednesday, she stated that she was withdrawing the accusation "totally, freely, and irrevocably," but it lacked her lawyer's signature, an error the judge had already pointed out needed to be corrected. Now, no changes will be necessary because Mouliaá will remain a party to the case. He is asking for three years in prison.for the former Sumar deputy and compensation of 30,000 euros.

We read in the NOW that A man has been arrested in Madrid who was live-streaming the sexual assault of his underage daughter. He did this, it seems, in private chat rooms on live-streaming apps, and he lured clients with photos of the girl in bed. He charged in virtual currency redeemable for gifts. That is to say, for example, after one rape he might have already received a voucher for a cell phone or a t-shirt. In the photo, we see him from behind, under arrest, between two police officers who are holding him, one on each arm.

One month after the judge decided to send Íñigo Errejón to trial Regarding an alleged sexual assault against Elisa Mouliaá in 2021, the actress has announced that she is withdrawing the accusation. "It's not a retraction, it's a boundary," she explained in a tweet. She emphasized that, after the resignation of the former spokesperson for Sumar in Congress Following anonymous accusations and seeing the emergence of narratives suggesting they might be false, she came forward to "show her face" to "confirm that everything was true" and "protect other women." Now, after thirteen months of investigation, she believes that "the truth is out on its own." "Over time, no other victim has come forward. I've been carrying all of this alone, and I can't continue doing so. No one should have to bear something like this alone," the actress argues. Mouliaá He was asking for three years in prison for Errejón and a €30,000 compensation payment, which she has now waived. "I'm not running away, I'm finishing my part by demonstrating that I don't want money or the limelight," she emphasizes. In the document she has submitted to the courts, she highlights that Judge Adolfo Carretero saw "indications of criminality" in the complaint and stresses that she is not retracting her account, but rather making a decision based on "strictly personal and health reasons" after experiencing a "feeling of exposure and exhaustion."

The three alleged crimes attributed to singer Julio Iglesias before the National Court Prosecutor's Office are: human trafficking for the purposes of forced labor and servitude; harassment and sexual assault with aggravated injuries; and crimes against labor rights. Lawyers from the international human rights organization Women's Link, which represents the complainants in the Julio Iglesias case, detailed this Wednesday in a virtual press conference the legal grounds on which they brought the case to the attention of the National Court Prosecutor's Office in Madrid on January 5. The Prosecutor's Office has opened preliminary proceedings to determine whether to pursue criminal charges, should it find evidence of a crime and have jurisdiction to do so. The lawyers have opted for the Prosecutor's Office to exercise its investigative capacity and authority, which would determine the specific crimes; however, if this does not proceed, the complainants could choose to file a private prosecution.

The same thing that happened in Terrassa has happened in Sant Vicenç de Castellet. The same pattern, the same modus operandi: Carles Sallés Ballbé would put his hand under the swimsuits of children between the ages of 7 and 11 while they were swimming in the pool and touch them inappropriately. In Terrassa, he was caught and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison in 2016 by the Provincial Court of Barcelona. This spring, he was released from prison and settled in Sant Vicenç de Castellet. Just a few months later, while still on parole, he was caught again: six families reported him on August 28 for sexually abusing girls between the ages of 7 and 9.

When MP Laetitia Saint-Paul read an article published in February of last year by a regional newspaper in Angers, Le Courrier del OuestRegarding the sexual assaults suffered by a young female soldier, she was speechless. Another soldier had subjected her to some sixty sexual assaults over several months, while both were participating in different naval missions in French waters. The soldier, who confessed to the acts, was sentenced by a military court to only 10 days of arrest and a fine of 600 euros. Suffering from post-traumatic stress, she had to leave the army.

The first alleged case of pedophilia within the upper echelons of the Spanish Church has emerged. The Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is investigating the Bishop of Cádiz and Ceuta, Rafael Zornoza, accused of sexually assaulting a minor between 1994 and the early 2000s in Getafe. The news was first reported by the newspaper. The Country And the Diocese of Cádiz has issued a statement denying the allegations: "The accusations made, referring to events that occurred almost 30 years ago, are very serious and, moreover, false." Meanwhile, the president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Luis Argüello, acknowledges that the fact that the Vatican has opened an investigation "lends credibility to the accusation." The alleged events took place when Zornoza, now 76, was a priest in Getafe and directed the diocesan seminary. According to the victim's testimony, who sent the complaint by mail to the Vatican this summer, the abuse occurred continuously for almost seven years, from when she was 14 until she was 21. "The nights she came to my room, she suffered abuse. She would get on my bed, caress me, and kiss me. At times I didn't say anything; I was paralyzed," the man recounts in the letter to which this publication has had access. The CountryThe young man became a seminarian and confessed his homosexuality to Zornoza, prompting the priest to take him to therapy to "cure" him. When he finally mustered the courage to tell him that what he was doing was wrong—according to the victim's account—Zornoza argued that the relationship that had developed between them was the result of an "intimate friendship." Public activity canceled

The complainant did not realize he had been abused until several years later, after he had already left the seminary. At age 32, he emailed his abuser but received no reply. A few months ago, he went to see him, and according to his testimony, Zornoza admitted to the abuse and manipulation. The statute of limitations has expired for the legal proceedings, while the canonical investigation will be conducted by the superior of the Bishop of Cádiz, in this case, the Archbishop of Seville. For the time being, the accused has suspended all public activity, and the diocese expressed its "full confidence" in the justice system, while also requesting "respect for the presumption of innocence" of all individuals.

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The only one of the 51 convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot who appealed the initial sentence, a 44-year-old man, was found guilty of aggravated rape this Thursday and sentenced to 10 years in prison, one more than he had been sentenced to in the first-instance ruling. For four days, the rapist presented himself as a victim and denied raping Pelicot, the same strategy used in the initial trial. He neither convinced the court then nor the jury that tried him this time.

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The Archdiocese of Tarragona has removed a priest, FX Morell, for having sexually abused a minor in the early 1990s in Reus. The case reached Archbishop Joan Planellas in September 2022, and following an internal investigation, the file was sent to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican body that handles sexual abuse complaints. The file sent to Rome concluded that the case was statute-barred. However, the head of the Tarragona Church asked the Holy See to lift the statute of limitations in order to take action against the priest.

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"I can't cry, I can't express my feelings." This is the testimony of one of the fifteen men, most of them over 70 years old, speaking directly to the camera about the sexual abuse they suffered in the Church as children. Abuse that turned those children into cold, seemingly emotionless people. A woman also recounts the assaults suffered by a nun at a religious center in Navarre. Everyone knew it is Iratxe Pérez's documentary about sexual violence within the Catholic Church. The director's town, Estella-Lizarra, is home to just over 14,000 people, and according to the documentary's author, there is an "estimate of more than a thousand victims" of sexual abuse.

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"It was like The Pack"There were eight men. They took out a belt they were wearing and hit me," Cayetana Guillén Cuervo confesses in the latest episode of her new podcast. Don't drop it, where she reveals the sexual abuse she suffered when she was six years old. The current president of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts has explained the details of that traumatic moment in a conversation with Alba Moreno, the science communicator guest on the program. Both have spoken about the abuse they suffered as children and have explained how it affects them in their daily lives.

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Oscar García's family has asked the Department of Education to investigate his suicide in 2019, when he was 21 years old, in light of "new evidence" that he may have suffered sexual abuse at the Padre Manyanet School in Les Corts, where he studied until completing secondary school. The new information refers to the priest J. Calvet, who was his teacher for two years and whom Oscar's family considers the "prime suspect." Calvet was convicted in 2023 for possession of child pornography after being reported by a computer scientist at the Manyanet School in Sant Andreu, where he later taught. He is now under investigation again for allegedly abusing an 8-year-old student with disabilities at the school in 2016. ~BK_SLT_NA Oscar in demanding an investigation into whether his son's death was related to the priest's abuse. They see similarities between what this victim alleges and the attitude they remember from his son, who refused to attend the religion classes taught by Calvet. Sources from the department consulted by ARA They indicate that they are aware of the family's request and that, in order to assess it, they are "gathering all available information." Therefore, they have asked the Barcelona Education Consortium to send them all documentation related to the case so they can analyze it. The same sources from the department predict that "it will not be a short process" and, therefore, the response could take time.

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Xavier Padial left the courtroom almost unfazed, handcuffed and surrounded by six Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police officers), heading straight to the cells. The Barcelona Provincial Court had just announced, a few minutes before 1:00 p.m., that he was sentenced to 57 years in prison for torture, as argued by the prosecution during the trial, and for the continuous sexual abuse of two of his underage cousins and for inducing one of them into prostitution. Furthermore, this confessed pedophile from Barberà del Vallès is also convicted of producing and possessing pornographic material. But the man will only have to serve the maximum effective sentence: 20 years.

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Two months after the Dominique Pelicot sentenced for drugging his wife for years so that he and dozens of other men could rape her, France is facing the largest trial for paedophilia that the country has ever seen. The accused is a 74-year-old surgeon, Joël Le Scouarnec, who for almost three decades, between 1986 and 2014, allegedly sexually abused 299 patients, the vast majority of them minors, while practising in French hospitals. The average age of the victims when they were assaulted is 11 years old.

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The United Kingdom, Switzerland, France and now Ibiza. The wave of sexual abuse of girls who have been drugged by an injection at a club has arrived in the Balearic Islands, just at the beginning of the tourist season. An 18-year-old Spaniard who was on an end-of-year trip in Sant Antoni reported to the Guardia Civil that in the early morning of June 22, while she was partying in a club, she had been drugged against her will. In the evening she began to act strangely, according to friends who were with her, and the next day she woke up with a bruise on her arm and no memory of the previous night. The young woman went to a health centre, where the doctor confirmed that she had been pricked in the arm, but they could not prove if she had been injected with any substance, since "too much time had passed for a proper analysis", according to Guardia Civil sources.

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A doctor from the Department of Home Affairs, with the initials J.P.D., has been reported for sexual abuse by three policewomen whom he saw in the autumn of 2019. The first report was filed in February 2020. Home Affairs, then in the hands of JxCat, decided the man could continue to see women as long as he was accompanied by a nurse. It was not until November last year that the department, now ERC's hands, opened disciplinary proceedings against the doctor and banned him from seeing women patients until there was a final finding. Since then two more complaints have been filed: one in February this year and another last Friday, which led to the man's arrest. This month Home Affairs has suspended him without pay.

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The Catalan Academy of Cinema announced at the last Gaudí Awards gala that it was creating a department for attention and prevention of abuse in the audiovisual and performing arts sector, the first initiative of its kind in Catalonia and Spain. Two months later, the Academy has presented the department and explained that this initiative comes after having detected approximately 150 cases of abuse committed in public and private institutions in the sector. Of these 150, less than 10% ended up in court.

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Catalan police arrested deputy mayor and Culture councillor at Valls Town Council Marc Ayala yesterday afternoon, accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old. Ayala, who is also a member of the Tarragona Provincial Council, is 33 and will appear before Valls investigating court in the coming hours. Seven years ago, according to RAC1, he sexually abused a 13-yeaer-old. After this was reported to the police, Ayala was arrested for a crime against sexual freedom.

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Institut del Teatre will send the files opened against twelve former teachers Barcelona's Provincial Prosecutor's Office so that it may determine whether there was "sexual harassment, abusive behaviour or abuse of power" in their behaviour with students. Thus, one year after ARA uncovered the abuse of power and harassment denounced by a score of students, the school informed the authorities of the findings made by its own Commission for the Prevention and Investigation of Sexual Harassment. At this point the twelve teachers are retired and one of the names that appears is that of theatre director Joan Ollé

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