The Instruction Court number 3 of Soria has opened proceedings against the socialist mayor of Soria, Carlos Martinezafter the complaint of the Spanish Foundation of Christian Lawyers on the occasion of the procession carried out during the patronal festivities in honor of the Virgin of Rosario and San Esteban Protomártir in the municipality of Soria de Afternoon where the councilor, riding a fake “popemobile,” blessed the faithful with a toilet brush as a tampon.
After the complaint filed by the lawyers’ organization against Martínez, the Instruction Court 3 of Soria agrees to open proceedings because the facts reported could constitute, according to the documents provided, an offence provided for in article 525.1 of the Penal Code, of mockery or humiliation of religious feelings, punishable by a fine of eight to twelve months, according to the information provided to Europa Press by the complaining entity.
And according to the recordings, Carlos Martínez Mínguez, representative of all the citizens of Soria, posing as the Pope atop a vehicle bearing the Vatican flagused a toilet brush and, after placing it in a container, shook it repeatedly in the direction of those present, imitating the act of spreading holy water among the faithful with a cotton swab.
In its order, the court also emphasizes that if the Spanish Foundation of Christian Lawyers intends to present himself as a popular accusation must do so, within ten days, by means of a complaint and, if necessary, the instructor will proceed to an assessment of the necessity or not of a release on bail.
Poland SpanishPresident of Christian Lawyers, celebrated the decision and warned that she would go “to the end of the procedure because a mayor cannot gratuitously attack Christians without consequences.”
The lawyer also denounced the fact that the Sánchez government wants to decriminalize crimes against religious feelings. “After this news, we see how necessary it is to maintain the protection of this crime,” he concluded.
In its denunciation of the events, the jurists’ organization stated that, in addition, the mayor was accompanied by a delegation that included people dressed in imitation of the costume of the Vatican’s Swiss Guards, others dressed as altar boys and others posing as bishops and cardinals, hence, according to it, “The act of ridicule or ridicule is clear and contumacious..
In addition, he stressed that the reported events not only took place “in public”, but were announced on social networks and, subsequently, disseminated by various media, which is why, as Abogados Cristianos denounces, “the publicity” of the crime amplifies the damage caused to religious feelings.
