Regnum Christi has announced that it will review the protocols of Safe environmentsafter five complaints of sexual abuse against the former secretary of Marcial Maciel, the priest Legionnaire Marcelino de Andrés Núñez, who worked at the Highlands College Encinar in Spain.
The measure has been announced by A letter Aimed at the parents of the students dated March 11, which lists a series of “public commitments” that would have been transferred to the parents of the students at a face -to -face meeting held last Monday.
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The process and protocols review section is headed with the decision to “identify and hire an external audit to review the protocols of existing safe environments and to identify and implement improvement areas.”
Additionally, the current protocols and codes of conduct and the hiring process of all center staff will be examined and all people in contact with minors “have the certificate of crimes of an updated sexual nature.”
In addition, the period of one month is established for the Governing Board of the Colleges of the Regnum Christi to analyze “the continuity of the director of the school”, P. Jesús María Delgado, LC.
Previous protests of students’ parents
Upon knowing the detention of the priest, the regnum Christi recognized through a section frequently asked questions on your website that some parents of students had protested in 2023 against the hiring of the presbyter.
“They asked not to continue at school, and their disagreement had to do with the priest was secretary of Marcial Maciel, not because they had perceived inappropriate behaviors with minors,” says the website.
This situation had already occurred in 2015 in another school in Madrid, Highlands Los Fresnos, where the former secretary of Maciel worked since 2011. Due to the protests, “it was then requested to join a secretarial work in Rome, and did not continue in school.”
Attention to victims of abuse
Among the announced commitments, the regnum Christi offers the families denouncing abuses, listening and attending their needs “whether or not they are at school”, in addition to “independent and specialized services of experts in listening and comprehensive care.”
On the other hand, it will facilitate “psychological advice sessions in specialized private centers” for all the families of the school, which will help address the conversation about the case in their homes.
Nicolás de Cárdenas
Born in 1980, I am a Spanish and journalist’s husband and father with more than 20 years of experience in print and digital media, specialized in socio -political and religious information. I have worked more than 10 years in defense of human rights and I have accreditations in journalism and comprehensive communication. Since July 2022, I am a correspondent for ACI Press and Ewtn News in Spain, covering international events of the Catholic Church.