The prosecutor’s office requested New 10-year prison sentence for Pere BarcelóFormer rector of the parish of Can Picafort (Mallorca)sexual abuse of a girl. The former priest, who served six years in prison for raping an altar girl, has now been charged with: Subjecting a minor to touching between 2007 and 2008, when he was six years old. According to the public ministry, Barceló “took advantage of his status as a priest and the influence he had” over the victim on whose behalf he claimed 40,000 euro compensation with “still ongoing” psychological consequences. The case is currently being heard in District Court and a hearing date has not yet been set.
The interim outcome document submitted by the Prosecutor’s Office, available to Diario de Mallorca of the Prensa Ibérica group, shows that Barceló was appointed parish priest of the church of l’Assumpció de Maria on June 21, 1996. old priest Taught catechism to local boys and girls. According to the prosecutor’s statement, Pere Barceló abused one of these minors “at least once” between 2007 and 2008 and without being able to pinpoint the exact date. The prosecutor’s office said the then-priest placed the girl, who was between six and seven years old at the time, on his lap and said:“His only purpose was to satisfy his sexual desires,” he said, groping the woman’s genitals.. The prosecution says Barceló took advantage of this: ““Because of his status as a priest, he can be around minors without the presence of their parents.”. He also thinks he’s using ““the effect it has on him due to its location and function”This left the girl “unable to resist, leave the location or seek help”.
The victim who filed a complaint about these incidents in 2018 was the victim. “still ongoing” psychological consequencessuch as nightmares, depressive state, mood swings and emotional distress. The prosecutor’s office filed a criminal complaint against Barceló Crime of sexual abuse involving sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 13He demands a prison sentence for this. ten years imprisonment and 40,000 euro compensation to the victim. Think about it in this sense Civil responsible subsidiary of the Diocese of Mallorca to face this possible compensation. He also requests a restraining order banning Barceló from coming within 500 meters of the girl or contacting her for 20 years.
The public ministry gives the following detail in its article: Barceló’s criminal record cannot be calculated to assess aggravating circumstance of recidivismbecause the events predate his first conviction for sexual abuse.
convicted of rape
old priest In 2016, he was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing a girl who was attending a religious class. In the late 90s, Barceló admitted in the Palma Provincial Court that: He repeatedly raped the boy, who was 10 at the time, and said he was “very sorry”.. The priest later reached a deal with the Prosecutor’s Office, which initially called for a 42-year prison sentence for him.
By then, Barceló had become the first priest in Spain to be expelled by the Church for sexual abuse. The Diocese ordered an investigation in 2010After decades of concealing complaints and accusations against him for his actions in Burundi (Africa), Cala Rajada and Can Picafort. The religious process resulted in the declaration of Barceló guilty “without mitigation” of sexually abusing multiple girls and in March 2013 imposed the maximum penalty prescribed in canon law: expulsion from the priesthood.
Barceló, after the six-year prison sentence imposed by the Palma Court He served his entire sentence in Segovia prison, from which he was released in August 2022.
The former rector of Can Picafort (70) will be tried for the second time for sexual abuse against minors. As confirmed by legal sources, this new case will be heard in the first section of the Regional Court of Justice, where the hearing date has not been determined yet.