I worked as a computer scientist at school. Jesus, Maria and Joseph your congregation Stop Manyanet of the district sant andreu from Barcelona. In March 2021, it accidentally found 39 gigabytes of data. child pornography – pictures included violations of minors– On the computer of a priest who, as the rector of the congregation on the same school grounds, is still in contact with the minors. He asked Mossos d’Esquadra how he should proceed, and the police force launched an investigation and asked him to say nothing.
Thanks to the priest’s denunciation, he was dismissed, arrested and will soon be tried for these facts. But the center’s administration punished the computer scientist, accused him of tarnishing the institution’s image, forced him to work remotely, threatened to file a criminal complaint for violating the priest’s privacy, and finally, fired him.
Almost two years later, his complaint for these events overturned the case and, as EL PERIÓDICO has argued, is investigating a judge, the school principal and the congregation’s lawyer. Continuing to demand respect for anonymity, the computer scientist regrets the abandonment he experienced during this time.
-School’s reaction led to attacks anxiety…
-It affected me so much on a personal level, I was so scared. I didn’t see it coming. It was a situation that destroyed my self-confidence.
-He was scared?
I was afraid to see what they could do. They manipulated everything. I felt like they didn’t care. I became paranoid because I didn’t know where my limits were. They had my personal information, the address of where I lived.
-What was the most difficult?
–They opened a very heavy disciplinary case against me, threatened me with a criminal complaint, fines and even imprisonment. They changed the versions they gave to the students’ parents. They told a news source that I might be the one who put child pornography on the priest’s computer. And all for what? To defend a pedophile?
-The hardest thing was realizing that the school was rejected?
–I don’t know how the mind works or why I feel all this. I also don’t know which one is the worst. Yes, don’t push, if I feel rejected from where I’ve worked for the past three years. Just a former colleague called me to ask how I was doing.
How far has the paranoia gone?
I’ve finally had disturbing thoughts. While I was driving, I had a thought that said if I couldn’t control it, if I hit the steering wheel and had an accident, it would be over.
– Did the Ministry of National Education call you?
No. If it’s been almost two years and they still haven’t called me, it’s because they’re not interested in finding out what happened. They said they would investigate what happened but they didn’t talk to me, I don’t have my version. They only have the school version.
– Did you feel abandoned by “Conselleria”?
Getting a call from the ‘Conselleria’ would have helped me. That the school administration will tell me that what they did to me was not right and that nothing they said would happen. I felt very insecure. I was alone until EL PERIÓDICO published the case. Later I received support from the Official Col•legi d’Enginyeria Tècnica en Informàtica de Catalunya (COETIC) and the Col•legi Oficial d’Enginyeria en Informàtica de Catalunya (COEINF).
-Are you better after almost two years?
I needed psychological therapy, but I’m better. I’m back to work and I’m calm. There’s still something to all of this, but the worst is over.