Mexico City, Mexico, Apr 27, 2010 / 15:48 pm
At the conclusion of Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Mexico City, the president of the College of Catholic Lawyers, Armando Martinez Gomez, held a press conference in which he presented a detailed report with documentation showing the accusations against Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera covering up abuse are false.
Joaquin Aguilar Mendez has repeatedly claimed he was raped by former priest Nicolas Aguilar Rivero and that Cardinal Rivera covered up the abuse.
According to the Archdiocese of Mexico City’s news service, armed with sworn testimony from the plaintiffs as well as medical records of Joaquin Aguilar Mendez and Nicolas Aguilar Rivero, Martinez explained that “Joaquin Aguilar was never raped,” and that “his calumnious statements against Cardinal Norberto Rivera lack all credibility.”
Martinez decided it was necessary to make comments in light of a new lawsuit filed against Cardinal Rivera in U.S. court, and also after hearing the “unfortunate” statements made by Joaquin Aguilar on April 20, when he said, “I will not rest until I see the downfall of the cardinal…We want Rivera Carrera’s head.”