Narcís Jubany learned of the priest’s “immoral sexual practices” from information he received from another parish priest
The Archbishop of Barcelona between 1971 and 1990 Narcis Jubany was aware of theimmoral sexual practices” of the priest Josep Vendrell for the information he received from another parish priest and for the complaint from the father of one of the victims without any record no punishment to the priest.
This is how it can be seen from the documentation that the Archbishopric of Barcelona, now presided over by Juan Jose Omellahas made public today after searching its archives for information regarding this priest, who died in 2004 and who has now been denounced by at least eight people who have accused him of child sexual abuse committed between 1970 and 1975 in Caldes d’Estrac (Barcelona).
The case was uncovered last weekend by the newspaper El País, which collected the testimony of several of the priest’s victims, who did not formally receive any judicial complaint for their sexual practices with minors.
The Archbishopric of Barcelona, which has once again condemned the events and has shown its “pain and closeness” to the victims, today made public the administrative documentation it found on Josep Vendrell, which was stored in the diocesan archive in order to clarify the facts and be transparentand among them he found a report from the 1970s by a parish priest who denounced these practices and a letter from the father of a victim who recommended medical treatment for the priest.