Francisco Javier Occis Reyes, a Catholic Church deacon being held on
charges of the sexual abuse of a minor, on Saturday revealed that he
provided the names of other pedophiles priests to authorities.
The revelations come in the wake of international repercussions from
the child abuse cases of Catholic priest Wojciech Gil (Padre Alberto),
and ousted Vatican envoy Jozef Wesolowski, both Polish nationals.
Interviewed by the journalist Nuria Piera, Occis said he has already
cited some names "of people involved in such acts" (sexual abuse of
minors).
He said however, that before speaking with the authorities he asked them to help him, because it’s a "very delicate" case.
"I think the authorities are making the investigations required in
this case, if anything happens, the authorities have everything I have
said, written and recorded, what I already mentioned to you," he said to
Piera.
The suspended deacon, being held since June 24 at the San Pedro de
Macoris prison (east), told the Piera that he could provide her with
some of the names, but off camera.
"There are cases being talked about that not only I know it, but many
people in the Church know," Occis said, interviewed on Piera’s program
on Color Vision channel 9.
He said there are gay priests that like adults and those who only
like children and that many of them are seen speaking in the media and
in public activities.
He blamed the mounting case of homosexual and pedophile priests on
the seminaries which he affirms accept those people with those
aberrations and those who aren’t so inclined, degenerate when they enter
a seminary.
"When they enter the seminary, young men degenerate and if
you don’t speak with anyone and hide it, things get worse."