agents National Police arrested this afternoon the alleged perpetrator, a young man Concerning the murder of Alfonso López Benito, honorary doctor of the Cathedral of Valencia, 80 years old, his lifeless body was found Tuesday morning in his bed, without clothes and with obvious signs of strangulation. The person arrested is a young man with whom she lives. He was going to have sexual intercourse and was accusedHe is also suspected of robbery because he took the pastor’s mobile phone and sent him messages. What’s up pretending to be his victim and saying he wouldn’t be around for a few days, In order to delay the discovery of the body.
The arrest took place just 24 hours after the body was found. With the magnificent performance of the National Police solved the case in a short time record.
He came home regularly
The arrested person is a citizen of a South American country and remains in police custody. He was arrested by Homicide agents by tracking his cell phone and based on information provided by people close to Alfonso López Benito.By coming to the house regularly and staying at the house for several days, he could have helped identify the suspect. It has not yet been revealed whether the young man knew him or not. Participation in the death of a canon retiree.
Archdiocese drew attention
The prisoner is one of the young people whom the priest took to his home in exchange for money. This tradition was repeated “several times a week”, according to several witnesses, and led to complaints from the neighborhood reaching the police station. Archbishopric. Actually, The religious institution had attracted his attention many timesHe condemned him for taking young people in distress to their homes under the pretext that he wanted to help.
According to the information collected Lift-EMVHE Canon emeritus would catch these young people on the street. Many even earned a living as servants in the city centre.
Alfonso Lopez Benito appointed canon Valencia Cathedral In July 2015 by the city’s then-archbishop, Cardinal Antonio CanizaresHe held this position until his retirement in June 2021, at the age of 75. From then on he became canon emeritus. Between 1999 and 2015 he was canon of the collegiate church of San Bartolomé Apóstol and San Miguel Arcángel in his native Valencia..
He holds a doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Lateran University, where he was ordained in 1969. Rome. He worked as a priest and a teacher in churches in various places. At the Valencian Institute of Legal Studies and the Canon Law Faculty of the Catholic University.
Moreover, He worked at the Ecclesiastical Court of the Archdiocese of Valencia and is the author of several books.. The archdiocese issued a brief statement yesterday, limiting itself to regret over the death of the archbishop’s former advisor and indicating a willingness to cooperate “with the authorities in clarifying the facts.”