The prosecution asks 10 years in prison for ex-priest Jesús Maria Menéndezknown as ‘daddy chus‘, 70 years old, accused offering sex to minors in exchange for money and drugs in his apartment in Gijón.
According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the document submitted to the Investigation Court No. 4 in Gijón, the defendants have been in touch since at least 2015 to invite minors to their home. gave them a small amount of money or provided marijuanaconsumed in the room and in his presence.
In the case, there are two more defendants, aged 20 and 23, who also gave cannabis to minors so that they could consume in the presence of the ex-priest, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the prosecution, the person known as Father Chus sought to gain the trust of as many children as possible. having sex with the promise of money, marijuana, or letting them into their home use drugs freely.
Prosecutor’s Office, in which three parts are told tried to have sexual intercourse without the consent of minors.
A search of the defendant’s home on 11 November 2021 seized just over 5 grams of cannabis, which, according to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, was intended to be supplied to minors.
The main suspect is sentenced to 10 years in prison. three minors guilty of corruption and another against public healthFor the other two defendants, a 4-year individual prison sentence is sought for supplying marijuana to minors.
The man known as Father Chus, who was released on 23 March on charges following his arrest in November, was expelled from the clergy in 2015 for committing sinful acts and violating the Legislative Decree, in a decision directly passed by the Pope. Alleged sexual abuse of 17-year-old children
The former priest was a parish priest until he was preemptively removed from office.He was at Castiello de la Marina, Villaviciosa, and other Asturian towns previously, such as Tazones, Argüero, and Oles.
He also worked as a religious teacher and ran a shelter for struggling foreigners in Gijón.