The Diocese of Plasencia has decided this Thursday to temporarily remove the priest detained this past Monday in Don Benito, from the public exercise of the ministry and from his office as parish priest of the Church of San Sebastián, as well as from the parish residence, “while the actions last corresponding procedural procedures”.
Until this situation is concluded, the Diocese of Plasencia will appoint a Parish Administrator to continue the work in the parish, while the priest involved will be provided with “relevant psychological and spiritual monitoring and accompaniment.”
A decision that the Diocese of Plasencia “has considered appropriate” to take temporarily “pending the complete clarification of the facts and the resolution of the case”, since the religious was provisionally released with precautionary measures last Tuesday after giving statement before the judge.
Given this situation, the Diocese of Plasencia indicates that they will be “attentive to the judicial process and willing to collaborate with Justice in everything that is required of them”, and urges respect for the two detainees, which must “prevail over any other consideration.” “.
Finally, the Diocese of Plasencia has reiterated its “pain and dismay at the suffering and scandal that the events described and the circumstances surrounding it entail.”
