the priest accused of committing lascivious acts with a 12-year-old girl confessed

Lisandro Cabello, from the Cpbez headquarters, said that Iván Merino Padial "the church sent him to Venezuela, punished from Granada, Spain", 3 years ago.

With confidence, in front of the police authorities, the Spanish priest Iván Merino Padial admitted, Wednesday, November 29, to have committed acts lascivious with the girl of 12 years, inside her Volkswagen gray.

"We love each other, between play and hugging … one thing led to another," he said in a video that has been circulating since the morning of Wednesday.

When they asked Merino Padial, a member of the order of Agustinos Recoletos residing in the parish María Inmaculada of El Naranjal, why he was with the girl, he replied: "She tied herself up to me and me to her ".

Merino Padial, 44, was arrested Saturday at 8:45 pm by Cpbez officials in a street of El Pilar urbanization, Olegario Villalobos parish of Maracaibo, according to police sources.

The secretary of the government, Lisandro Cabello, yesterday offered a press conference to give details on the case that scandalized and scandalized the parishioners of Marabine.

Accompanied by Cpbez Commander, G / B (GNB), Rubén Ramírez Cáceres; and Marcos Rios, deputy director of the security forces, Cabello repudiated the incident and said, from the general command of the police, that during the forensic examinations carried out on the minor "he was positive that he penetration, "investigations will continue to verify if there are more victims of this pedophile priest, since the small is part of the choir of children of this ecclesiastical parish.

He argued that "it was determined that Merino had raped her several times". "This rapist took the girl in the afternoon and brought her back at 11:00 am, midnight, constantly visiting her house.I bought shoes and clothes for her and other people" , she said.

He pointed out that, according to investigations conducted by Cpbez officials, "this man was sent punished from Granada, Spain, Venezuela for some complaints (pedophilia)." Why did not the Church investigated this case, "he said while criticizing the church authorities, gave a press conference earlier" because they knew we were going to give details ".

He urged the authorities of the Archdiocese of Maracaibo to examine the situation of Merino Padial.

"We do not have information about family relations, we will seek psychological help for the girl and her environment," said Cabello, who recalled the case of the COL (Cabimas) where a Anglican Bishop is being investigated.

The government secretary asked parents and representatives to "take better care of their children because it was not an isolated event". However, he stressed that Mr. Merino "will be protected from all his rights", since he counts "with two lawyers and we will know who pays them because we will get to the bottom of things, because everything indicates that 39, there are more victims. "

The neighbors of El Naranjal remember that the priest, from the order of Augustins Recollets, had arrived about three years ago in the aforementioned parish.

They claim that Iván Merino Padial "had been going to the girl for a little over a year and had a very familiar relationship with her mother".

Some assured that after celebrating mass on Sunday, Merino Padial was going to the infant, "spent some time there and in the afternoon, he went with her. late at night. "

Pedophilia cases are shaking the Catholic Church around the world. Last August, Pope Francis apologized for pedophile cases in the Church and acknowledged that the suffering of the victims had been ignored and silenced for a long time.