Spanish Bishop Resigns Amid Abuse Probe
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After the conviction to a fine of 7,200 euros and to the ban on the exercise of the task for two years, the maximum head of the Ministry of Public Affairs, García Ortiz said that "the time to give up has come".
Attorney General Álvaro García Ortíz presented his resignation from office on Monday following the Supreme Court ruling sentencing him to 7,200 euros of fine, two years of disqualification and payment of compensation of 10,000 euros for the disclosure of confidential data by Alberto González Amador, a partner of the autonomous president Isabel Díaz Ayuso, according to a letter leaked to 'El País' and advanced by this means.
The Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García Ortiz, presented his resignation this Monday to the Minister of Justice, Félix Bolaños, after being convicted last Thursday for a crime of revealing secrets of Alberto González Amador, a couple of Madrid's president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso. "It is an act due not only to the Prosecutor's Office, but to all Spanish citizens," says García Ortiz in the letter he sent to Bolaños.In this letter, the Attorney…
Spanish bishop resigns amid abuse probe
ROME — Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation Saturday of an ailing Spanish bishop who is under church investigation for allegedly sexually abusing a young seminarian in the 1990s, the first known time the new pontiff removed a bishop accused…
"As the Attorney General of the State, I was informed of the events and the publication of a statement that was limited to denying, with events chronologically...
The Supreme Court's decision to convict and dismiss Attorney General Alvaro García Ortíz is a heavy blow to Spain's ruling left-wing coalition. However, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez promises that the ruling will help the left "mobilize the masses" ahead of the 2027 elections.
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