The accusation is stunning: the priest Mariano Fazio, first in the line of continuity, is the maximum head of the prelates of the Holy Cross and the Opus of the dex, was part of the system of trading poor women for the exploitation of labor, which developed and performed the work of at least four decades in Argentina, his country, and which has at least 43 victims. This is declared eight -page, on which Eldiario.es had exceptional access, and in which he asks him to be quoted in investigation with four other religious ones.
In 2024, after a two -year -old secret and unprecedented investigation, the Prosecutor General’s Office (Pletex) and the national criminal and correctional prosecutor’s office No. 3 made an official charges against the higher authorities of the OPUS Dei in Buenos -Airez. In this order, former regional vicars, Carlos Nannee (1991-2000), Patricio Olmos (2000-2010) and Victor Urrestrara (2014-2022) were called in this order and attracted that Fzio was not appointed, which was in the same position in the intermediate period between the last two.
Fazio arrived in Rome in 2014, a year after his compatriot Horge Mario Mario Bergolo became Pope Francis. The appointment, at first as General Vicar, was not random. Then the maximum chief of the Opus Dei, Javier Echevarrya, took him to try to approach Jesuit, who, although he had just landed in the Vatican, had already appeared with reformist imprints that alarmed them. According to sources close to the OPUS Dei and Vatican, the intention was to “control” Francisco, with which Fazio kept heart relations in Buenos Aires.
The formal request for improving, sent on June 11 by prosecutors Alejandra Mangano, Marcelo Colombo and Eduardo Taiano, is addressed to the federal judge Daniel Rafekas and claims that evidence that reaches other accused is also sufficient to encourage the second largest OPUS of the ATS in the world.
The main victim of the case: “He removed his room”
The main headquarters of the OPUS Dei in Argentina is located in the vicinity of La Recoleta, one of the most expensive in Buenos Aires. There, in the building, which occupies more than the apple room, which was built on the ground donated by military dictatorship, and with subsidies of another, the maximum authorities of the organization live, including the entire religious dome.
There, also in the almost tapping windows, Ley worked and works, the largest residence of women -services of women: employees who serve men with hierarchies, without receiving any payment for their work and in semi -associated conditions. There, Mariano Fazio lived for many years, including four in which he was a regional vicar, and there he worked as the main evidence of the investigation.
The reason in Argentina, which can have remarks in other countries, indicates 43 cases of operation. However, the vast majority of applicants managed to leave the OPUS Dei until 2008 – some had to escape – the date when the law on trade entered into force, and, therefore, only four cases of the total number in this crime. Meanwhile, the recipe in three cases, which after 2008 can be put on a card because it has a period of 12 years.
The accusation is in fact a Bolivian woman who was captured when she was a minor and served a maid for 31 years. Mi – his initials – were called to testify for the second time in April 2025. Then, before Judge Rafecas, the key witness expanded his testimony and pointed out that he knew “Father Mariano” (Fazio), who coincided with him in the central state of Opus Opus in Rome – she sent her as an employee and in the “servant”, and in the “servant”, and in the attack, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere, and in the atmosphere. And in the atmosphere, as well as in the “servant”, as well as in the “servant”, as well as in the “servant” – and in the attack – and in the attack – and in the attack – and in the attack – and in the attack – and in the attack – both in the attack and in the atmosphere – and in the attack – and in the attack. He worked for many years. The woman said that in the period from 2009 to 2014, she appointed Fazio’s room cleaning, during the period when she was regional vicaria.
Mi also spoke about his experience with Vikariy Carlos Nannee (1991-2000), the forerunner of Fazio in Buenos Aires, sent to Rome with him in 2014 for the same purpose of influence on Pope Francis, and is also accused of justice in the same position. Mi said that in the “meditations” – daily religious ceremonies in the oratory substances Opus Act, the priest Nanny told them that “the desire to leave the work was like leaving the boat,” and that one of the things that they had to convince themselves was that “leaving the boat was a sudden death”. In addition to the fact that for this they had to “pay the court, burn God to become the Holocaust for God.”
Implementation of Fazio describes the characteristics of the work of Mi: “The volume of work that was required, the availability always, endless days and psychological subordination has become part of this new statement,” says the spelling and emphasizes the phrase of the victim: “I went along the street, thinking that I no longer wanted to live. I walked across the street, thinking how people could smile.
Prosecutors come to the conclusion that “the institutional answer to what was the consequences of the life they demanded were antidepressants, sleepy, both supplied psychiatrists of the organization.”
Waiting for the reaction of Pope Leo XIV
On May 14, the new dad Leo XIV quoted in his office to the highest authorities of the preliminary network of Santa -Krus and the Opus Octo. There were Spanish Fernando Obariz, the head of the organization and the Argentine Fazio. Judging by official photographs, the audience was good and there were smiles. Nevertheless, this was a meeting at which the new pontiff was ready to follow the path initiated by Francisco, who reduced power and deleted the hierarchy in OPUS after a complaint in Argentina and sent an organization to change his laws. From almost three years of delay – the latter was after the death of the Argentinean – immediately after this audience with Leo XIV completed the task already presented by him.
Now the great question between the former women’s circles of the OPUS Dei around the world, as well as other relatives of the Vatican, is whether Leo XIV will meet again with the defendant for very serious crimes or even more, he will allow him to continue his hierarchical position in the institution that is already in the spotlight. The same question is to okariz, who must decide whether he holds his second from Fazio.
Nine months from the moment the judge is accused and request
The prosecutors proposed a judge Daniel Rafecas to realize requests for the accused and emphasize the delay of almost ten months since the first petition, August 20, 2024. They also emphasized the international obligation of Argentina to guarantee access to the justice of the victims of crimes ”:“ In the case of characteristic people who are involved in victims. It is necessary to take into account the obligation to properly examined in court investigations that involve them. ”
In turn, in the same precedent it was emphasized that “the impunity of committed crimes sends a message that violence against women suffers, which contributes to their perpetuction and social acceptance of this phenomenon, feelings and feelings of uncertainty in women, as well as constant distrust in the administration of justice administration.” In this sense, prosecutors added that “the guarantee of reasonable time requires that the criminal proceedings do not expand unnecessarily, and that investigations and resolutions were carried out without excessive delays.”
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