“Spain’s bishops conference on Thursday defended the right of priests to maintain the secrecy of the confessional booth even in cases of serious crimes such as the sexual abuse of children.”
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Priests defend secrecy in sex abuse confessions
February 27, 2015Briton ‘kills German with single punch’ after finding photographs of his daughter on iPad
February 9, 2015“A Briton has allegedly killed a man he caught filming his daughter at a restaurant in an upmarket Spanish resort.”
‘Paedophiles should commit suicide’: expert
August 18, 2014“A leading Spanish psychologist has admitted to telling serial rapists and paedophiles he treats that taking their own lives would be an ‘ethical escape’.”
Spain to set up UK-style paedophile register
April 28, 2014“Spain is planning to set up a register of registered sex offenders as part of new legislation designed to protect the country’s children, but the details need ironing out, experts say.”
Lianne Smith guilty of child murders in Spain
June 21, 2012“A British woman has been found guilty of murdering her two children in a hotel room in Spain.”
Lianne Smith killed children ‘out of love’ court hears
June 20, 2012“A British woman killed her two children in a hotel room ‘out of love for them’, a court in Spain has heard.”
Spanish police arrest over 100 in online paedophilia raids
October 8, 2010“Spanish police arrested more than 100 suspects in raids on a major online child pornography ring, which included local police and business chiefs, they said Friday.”
Police fear British sex offenders targeting Spanish holiday resorts
August 12, 2010“Police fear British sex offenders are targeting Spanish holiday resorts, with an average of one offender arriving on the Costas every day during the summer season.”