A SPANISH mayor is below investigation for ‘offending faith’ after he imitated the well-known popemobile.
Carlos Martinez, the mayor of Soria, has been summoned to testify as a defendant after he arrived in a popemobile, resulting in accusations that he deliberately mocked the Christian religion.
The brand new chief of the PSOE in Castilla y Leon will face the choose on February 5 after he rode the automobile by way of city, ‘blessing’ residents utilizing a moist rest room brush.
Outraged residents from the Spanish Christian Attorneys Basis voiced their outrage on the incident which occurred final August throughout a pageant in Tardelcuende.
Martinez claims he didn’t ‘intend’ to mock Christianity and has apologised for the ‘foolish mistake’ and ‘controversy’.
Referring to the court docket case, he claimed ‘we have to respect the course of justice’ and was fined a €100 administration charge.
His accusers declare the mayor has dedicated a criminal offense of mockery (artwork. 522 of the Legal Code).
He was additionally accompanied by plenty of individuals dressed just like the Vatican’s Swiss Guard, in addition to faux altar boys, bishops and cardinals.
The president of the Christian Attorneys Affiliation, Polonia Castellanos, stated: “He attacked a big swathe of his residents, the catholics. Politicians ought to respect everybody. The mayor of Soria ought to resign and step except for politics.”
Authorities sub delegate Miguel Latorre and Guardia Civil brokers had been current on the time
