Some parents from Seville They denounced a center for juveniles in the province because it apparently did not investigate sexual abuse committed in these establishments. This is what José Antonio Sires, the lawyer who represents these parents, explains.
The plaintiffs have four children. The Ministry of Equality, Social Policies and Conciliation declared them homeless in November 2022 and, therefore, they were removed.
The Commission then sent them to a juvenile shelter. This is where one of the children would have suffered, still according to parents’ complaintalleged sexual abuse.
“The minor told his parents that another minor from the center touched him on his parts against her will, forcing her to attend conversations of a sexual nature and forcing her, under threat of physical assault, not to say anything to anyone,” the letter from the family lawyer states.
“These very serious facts were hidden by the management of the reception center and far from giving rise to the launch of the investigation. criminal procedure “To investigate the facts, they decided to “close” the case, specifies the lawyer.
Court of Seville
For this reason, indicates the lawyer, they ask “both from the Court and from the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office the facts reported and reported by the minor “attack
According to a letter from the said office, “professionals aware of the facts would have seized the parents of the minor attacked that “they had already taken the step of sending the alleged minor attacker to another center and that the events were not serious enough to cause concern.”
In addition to the center for minors, the Provincial Delegation of Inclusion consultancy Social, Youth, Families and Equality of Seville for “having committed an offense of omission to prosecute crimes”, which, the lawyers remind, is “criminalized in article 408 of the Penal Code”.
Junta of Andalusia
Parents also point out that they didn’t agree with the removal of children by the Junta de Andalucía. They in fact defend “that they had correctly exercised their guardianship functions as well as their care and custody in an appropriate manner and in accordance with the best interests of their minor children”.
His lawyer understands this, would exempt minors from the “homeless file” who is currently awaiting trial in Family Court number 6 of Seville.
