The bishops hope to receive the report on the abuses of the Church of Cremades in two weeks

The Spanish bishops expect to receive in two weeks the report commissioned by the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE) from the law firm Cremades & Calvo Sotelo, according to the firm's own forecast..

This was announced this Thursday by the Secretary General of the EEC, Francisco César García Magán, during the press conference following the meeting of the Permanent Commission of Bishops..

At this meeting, the president of the law firm, Javier Cremades, and two members of his team, presented the progress of the work to the bishops and advanced the expected delivery date, within “two weeks, more or less.” “, as indicated by García Magán.

The report was expected last March, one year after the start of work by the law firm, then the delivery was postponed to June and it has not yet been presented.. In any case, the EEC spokesperson has indicated that “the delay is not due” to the bishops and that they do not like that the delivery has been delayed..

However, he has insisted that he does not depend on the EEC and that they have not wanted to “interfere” in the way the Cremades & Calvo Sotelo firm works “out of respect for the independence and the work being done.”.

As the spokesperson for the bishops has pointed out, once the report is received, it will be studied by the members of the Executive Commission of the EEC and presented to the rest of the bishops and to society..

In any case, he recalled that the reception of the document could coincide with the Synod of Bishops, which begins next October 4 in Rome and in which the president of the EEC and cardinal archbishop of Barcelona, Juan José Omella, participates, what this could add “another calendar difficulty”.

Although, García Magán has pointed out that this issue does not affect the work of the Church and has announced that next month the CEE will hold training sessions for child protection offices..