The Court of First Instance and Investigation number 3 of Soria is investigating the mayor of the capital, Carlos Martínez, for having driven around in a popemobile brandishing a toilet brush during the Tardelcuende festivities in early August. The judge has agreed to initiate criminal proceedings following the complaint filed by Christian Lawyers for “derision or vexation of religious feelings”.
The magistrate of the Court of Instruction is launching formal preliminary procedures and has asked the Christian Lawyers to file a complaint instead of a complaint if they wish to exercise a popular accusation during the process.
Tardelcuende was celebrating its festivities and one of the clubs was dressed as a Swiss Guard, escorting a Popemobile. Before the costumed parade, Carlos Martínez, a socialist councilor, climbed onto a vehicle flying the Vatican flag. He used a toilet brush and, after placing it in a container, shook it repeatedly at those present, imitating the act of spreading holy water with a cotton swab among the faithful, as shown in videos that were widely circulated shortly after. distributed and triggered opposition protests.
The Popular Municipal Group criticized that Carlos Martínez did not respect the safety rules and disfigured his “desire for notoriety”, while Vox criticized that Martínez “showed” his “bad taste and disrespect” by “distributing the blessings” of the popemobile. The mayor of Soria was fined one hundred euros for climbing on the vehicle and committing a traffic safety violation and apologized for his “great clumsiness”.
