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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Síndic]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA["Criminal justice has not served, nor does it serve, to prevent these sexual crimes."]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/criminal-justice-has-not-served-nor-does-it-serve-to-prevent-these-sexual-crimes_1_5497971.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/f8059ad8-170e-41ce-9a45-a7751ab5f8a4_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>"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. <em>Everyone knew it</em> 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.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Albert Llimós]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:44:12 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[A moment from the conference on restorative justice organized by the Catalan Ombudsman and the European Group of Magistrates for Mediation of Spain.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The ombudsman promotes a conference on child abuse and recalls that "many mothers were the biggest cover-ups."]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Complaints about commuter trains are skyrocketing: in two months they add up to more than in the entire last year.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/complaints-about-commuter-trains-are-skyrocketing-in-two-months-they-add-up-to-more-than-in-the-entire-last-year_1_5319692.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/8a8aaf47-cd8f-4b01-b21d-0a6c01ebd28f_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1272y1188.jpg" /></p><p>Months to receive a social benefit, years of waiting for a place in a public nursing home, or discontent over poor service. The slowness in responding to citizens is due to the fact that the Catalan administration is "slow, complicated, excessively bureaucratic, and obsolete in some cases." These are the words of the ombudsman, Esther Giménez-Salinas, who presented the institution's annual report to the Speaker of the Parliament, Josep Rull, in which she warns that complaints are growing at a very rapid rate. Largely responsible for this trend is the daily chaos of the Cercanías (Commuter Trains): if last year there were 160 complaints about the poor functioning of the trains, in the two and a half months of 2025 there have already been 397, more than double.</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:09:11 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Users request information about train operations from Renfe staff.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Ombudsman warns that the administration's "inefficiency" hinders the social well-being of citizens.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ombudsman calls for a "thorough investigation" of Institut del Teatre abuse and points to more cases]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/culture/institut-teatre-abuse-theatre-barcelona-ombudsman-case_1_4015707.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/77de57d4-c725-4fc6-a29c-c5e1590beba5_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Catalan ombudsman Rafael Ribó has been very forceful in his assessment of claims of sexual harassment and abuse of power at the Institut del Teatre <a href="https://en.ara.cat/culture/sexual-harassment-and-power-abuse-of-students-at-the-institut-teatre_130_3879816.html" >uncovered by ARA</a> in February: "It is clear that there have been situations of abuse of power, sexual harassment and even sexual abuse". In fact, Ribó explained that the Institut del Teatre has to "promote a thorough investigation" because the facts are "more extensive than what has been presented so far" and recommended that the Institut investigate the cases of former students who filed complaints and that the current protocol does not allow it to investigate. "It should be given a broader scope, include former students and responsibilities attributable to professionals," concluded Ribó, who believes that there has been "failures" by the center in its duty to "protect" students.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Albert Llimós]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:28:16 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Students of the IT and other performing arts centres protesting in the streets of Barcelona this past February]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Ribó believes it is "evident" there has been "abuse and harassment" and asks centre to be proactive in seeking more victims and hearing reports from the past]]></subtitle>
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