The Prosecutor’s Office rules out a hate crime in the statements of the Bishop of Tenerife about homosexuality. This is how he advanced Radio Club Tenerifewhich reports that the Public Prosecutor’s Office has decided to file the investigation proceedings against Bernardo Alvarezopen after his words in a program of Canarian Television.
the bishop of the Nivarian Diocese He indicated during the interview that homosexuality could be considered a “mortal sin” and even compared it to alcoholism. His words have provoked indignation and rejection among Canarian society, and even LGTBI groups They began both a collection of signatures to demand his resignation and the request for institutional motions for the disapproval of Álvarez.
The bishop’s statement in court took place on January 16 at the Palace of Justice in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, an appointment to which he attended on time but in which he refused to make statements before the dozen journalists who were waiting for him.
Remember Radio Club Tenerife that the Prosecutor’s Office initiated investigation proceedings ex officio collecting various pieces of evidence at this time to finally file the complaint due to There is not enough evidence to determine that the prelate from Tenerife committed a hate crime.
Álvarez’s statements, which even came to apologize for his words in a brief statement, unleashed a wave of indignation among the citizens of Tenerife and A petition was started demanding his dismissal as Bishop of Tenerife through the change.org platform.
This social rejection, which has been supported by the President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Angel Victor Torres, has been understood as the LGTBI collective as a support for its fight against discrimination. Furthermore, in the Parliament of the Canary Islands all the groups condemned Álvarez’s declarations unanimously, while in the rest of the local administrations a succession of unanimous motions rejecting the words of the bishop were registered, institutions among which are the Cabildo de Tenerife and the Ayuntamiento de La Laguna.
