The National Police chaplain at the Presidential Palace, priest Alejandro Cabrera, defended the Monte Plata priest now accused of sexual assault of a minor. Priest Alejandro Cabrera said that “that poor priest [from Monte Plata] was arrested because of social media pressure.” He was referring to priest José Altagracia Rosario Gonález who is accused of rape of a minor.
On Thursday, 4 October 2018, the Roman Catholic Church priest was sentenced to three months pretrial custody by Judge José Augusto Santos Salvador at the request of the Public Ministry of Monte Plata. The chaplain says an investigation has yet to prove the charges against the Monte Plata priest.
The chaplain, who spoke after offering a mass at the National Police Palace, said that all cases of sexual abuse should come to light, but that a serious investigation must be carried out beforehand.
“The church is a family, and all this affects us, but as a family, there is also a large majority make an effort to maintain the integrity of the church. Not that some will fail, but the church remains firm, 2,000 years and nothing and nobody can stop what God has built,” he said, as reported in Listin Diario.
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8 October 2018
