The long shadow of the Archbishop of Oviedo and businesses with Church properties have been the object of analysis in the latest installment of ‘Saved’. In the year 2009 Jesus Sanz Montes It was appointed by the Vatican commissioner of the Lumen Dei association Y Nine years later it proceeded to sell two buildings in Madrid and Barcelona; properties occupied by nuns at that time, but which, despite everything, changed owners worth 12.5 million euros. Operations that, according to the contracts, were carried out by Sanz Montes as seller and investment funds as buyers. In the case of Barcelona the eviction continues and affects “10 sisters, apart from more people who were taking in some with serious illnesses,” explained the missionaries lawyer. Eva Alcalde assures that “the archbishop does not maintain any type of communication since they took control of the association and blocked the accounts, The sisters have no idea what has happened to the association’s money, which was not little, nor to that of the sale of the properties. We do not know if they have been entered into the association’s accounts “. In fact, the sisters they took Sanz Montes to trial, something that was not unanswered. “They threatened to excommunicate them. When they said they did not agree with the intervention that was the answer. For them it was the worst, “he recalled.
Who is Sanz Montes?
“His career is meteoric”. The phrase is from the journalist of The country, Juan G. Bedoya. Franciscan, former bank worker and belonging to the “conservative wing” of the Church. In Bedoya’s words it has “eagerness to impose its principles, criticize power and possession of property”. Sanz Montes was the Rouco Varela man, after meeting in Toledo. “He came to a modest episcopate, Huesca and Jaca, and after five years he acceded to Oviedo. Within the Spanish Episcopal Conference he aspired to the presidency and the conservative sector for Rouco has pinned all their hopes.” However, something went wrong as the Pope opted for the Cardinal Archbishop of Barcelona, Juan José Omella. The journalist is clear that “If Benedict XVI had followed, Sanz would now be the president of the Episcopal Conference”. On his X-ray he sees a a “combative man, always pending to give his opinion against the Government.”
Sanz Montes has refused to give explanations about everything that happened. It has limited itself to ensuring that “the thing is more complex” and, when Gonzo asked why he wants to leave 20 sisters on the street, he has limited himself to pointing out “it’s not me”.
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