The Spanish writer Alejandro Palomas denounces that he was raped


The Writer Spanish Alexander Pigeons has revealed that he was raped by a teacher of La Salle when he was between 8 and 9 years old and was a student at a school belonging to this Christian congregation in Sea AwardSpanish province of Barcelona (northeast).

Born in the Spanish city of Barcelona (1967), Palomas is National Prize for Children’s and Youth Literature (2016) and the Nadal Novel Award (2018), one of the most important literary awards in Spain.

The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (La Salle) reported this Thursday that it has activated its protocol against sexual abuse after learning of the case of Palomas, who has denounced that he was masturbated and was touched on multiple occasions by a teacher and tutor from that educational center, whom he calls “L “.

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, today thanked Palomas for his “courage” and “courage” on Twitter, after the author addressed him on the same social network to demand that the “voice” of the victims be heard.

The parents of Writer They reported the case to the school management, who assured them that they would take action on the matter and that it would not happen again, but Palomas remembers that then he stopped being the teacher’s favorite student and became the “plagued one”.

La Salle has decided to open an investigation into the professor, who is now 91 years old and lives in a congregation residence in Cambrils (Tarragona province).

“We cannot but publicly condemn any abuse of minors, transfer the will to support the affected person and assume the responsibility that touches us”, explained today the head of Institutional Relations of La SalleIsabel Llauger.

La Salle has always chosen to maintain the commitment to the search for the truth and care for the victims of any type of abuse, because we consider all abuse as an inadmissible crime that violates morality, freedom and personal dignity,” he stressed.

“Always respecting the presumption of innocence, as required by law, we can only express our utmost rejection and affliction for what happened and apologize for the suffering suffered,” Llauger said.

As in any case of abuse, La Salle has opened an investigation to “collect all the information, corroborate objective data, collect possible evidence and establish its credibility to communicate it to the Prosecutor’s Office and collaborate with the investigation.”

The person in charge of Institutional Relations stressed that the institution itself has judicially denounced brothers of the congregation on other occasions and has appeared as a popular accusation “until obtaining severe sentences.”

La Salle It has 984 schools around the world, in addition to 75 universities, and more than one million students.

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