2023-09-26 03:41:31
Agents of the National Police have arrested a man in the Malaga town of Vélez-Málaga who allegedly sexually assaulted several women whom he sedated and recorded.
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So far five women have been identified, but investigators do not rule out the appearance of new victims. He is a priest of about 33 years old, as police sources have confirmed to Europa Press.
The women, belonging to their circle of friends, were attacked in different years and locations and were not aware of having suffered any sexual crime, the provincial police station reported. The detainee, who has been imprisoned, is accused of four sexual assaults and five crimes against privacy.
The investigation began last August. A woman reported to the Family and Care Unit for Women (UFAM) in Melilla that she had located in the home she shared with her romantic partner a hard drive containing photographs and videos showing several women half-naked, asleep or under the influence of drugs. some sedative and to which a man performed all types of sexual practices.
Given the possibility that such sexual acts were not consensual, the complainant made a copy of the disk and went to the police station to inform the agents, the National Police indicated in a statement. From here, an investigation began in collaboration with researchers from the central UFAM.
After exhaustive analysis of the graphic material, the investigators observed that in some of the videos the detainee appeared performing sexual practices on different unconscious women, practices that he also recorded.
The agents managed to identify five victims who stated that they were unaware of the existence of the recordings and that they were not aware of having been victims of any crime of a sexual nature.
The events have occurred in different years and locations
The agents found out that the sexual assaults had been carried out continuously in different years and locations, on the occasion of trips by groups of friends, among whom was the arrested person.
This would have supplied the victims with some type of substance that annulled their state of consciousness in order to carry out the sexual assaults.
With all the information collected, the agents established a device around his home that culminated in his arrest. Next, an entry and registration was carried out where various technological material pending analysis was intervened.
After being brought to judicial custody, he was ordered to be placed in preventive detention. The investigation remains open, since investigators consider that there could be new victims in Melilla, Malaga or Córdoba, places where the arrested person has resided.
In Malaga they rejected the priest’s actions
The City Council of El Burgo (Málaga) has condemned the alleged sexual abuse of several women allegedly committed by the priest assigned in recent months to the town of Sierra de las Nieves, while expressing its support and closeness to the victims. .
In a press release published on its profile on social networks, consulted by Europa Press, the City Council claims “that the competent authorities are not aware that there is any data to believe that any of the actions have occurred in the area around our town.” reported.”
The City Council also states that it has contacted the Bishopric of Malaga “to find out more information about said complaint”, and concludes by pointing out that they put “all the services offered by our institution at the disposal of the people of Burgos who may feel questioned in what happened in one way or another.”
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