Another alleged victim of Fr. Gabaráin, César Aguilera, spoke about what happened with his father, who reported the case to Brother Aquileo Manciles, now deceased, who supposedly admitted that the abuse took place.
Shortly after leaving the Marist school, Fr. Gabaráin was appointed vicar of the Our Lady of the Snows parish in the Mirasierra neighborhood of Madrid and was assigned to San Fernando school.
He died of cancer in 1991 at the age of 55, without being charged or tried for abuse.
The Iberian Marist Province published a statement July 28 expressing its “pain and regret for the incidents recently published in the media detailing the sexual abuse suffered by several students decades ago in some of our schools.”
“We condemn these incidents and we ask forgiveness of the victims for not having been able to protect them, to take care of them, and for not having properly handled these situations,” the Marists said.
The province stated they are “conducting an internal investigation to clarify the incidents that occurred. For our institution, the victims are the priority, we believe their word and we are at their disposal for whatever they need.”
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