Gloria cesareo gabarain biography

Fr Cesáreo Gabaráin, deceased hymn doer, credibly accused of abuse

Madrid, Espana, Aug 9, 2021 / 19:39 pm

The Marist Congregation in Espana has confirmed it has usual credible accusations of the illuse of minors against Fr. Cesáreo Gabaráin, a composer who dull in 1991.

The English version designate Fr.

Gabaráin’s “Pescador de Hombres” is “Fisher of Men”, fail to distinguish “Lord You Have Come like the Seashore.”

According to the Romance newspaper El País, there put in order four former students of prestige Chamberí Marist school in Madrid who have accused Fr. Gabaráin of abuse dating to dignity 1970s.

One of the alleged clowns, Eduardo Mendoza, 57, said make certain he reported the priest difficulty his homeroom teacher in 1978, the probable cause of Fr.

Gabaráin being removed from goodness school.

Another alleged victim of Fr. Gabaráin, César Aguilera, spoke providence what happened with his pa, who reported the case soft-soap Brother Aquileo Manciles, now defunct, who supposedly admitted that say publicly abuse took place.

Shortly after parting the Marist school, Fr.

Gabaráin was appointed vicar of justness Our Lady of the Snows parish in the Mirasierra locality of Madrid and was allotted to San Fernando school.

He died of cancer in 1991 at the age of 55, without being charged or try for abuse.

The Iberian Marist Nonstop published a statement July 28 expressing its “pain and bemoan for the incidents recently promulgated in the media detailing significance sexual abuse suffered by indefinite students decades ago in low down of our schools.”

"We condemn these incidents and we ask amnesty of the victims for grizzle demand having been able to seek refuge them, to take care incessantly them, and for not securing properly handled these situations," decency Marists said.

The province stated they are “conducting an internal unearth to clarify the incidents cruise occurred.

For our institution, authority victims are the priority, surprise believe their word and miracle are at their disposal agreeable whatever they need.”

Sources at blue blood the gentry Archdiocese of Madrid told ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish language tidings partner, Aug. 8 that Fr. Gabaráin “does not show weak in our database as simple priest incardinated in Madrid, even though there is a record deviate he was a parochial envoy at Our Lady of nobility Snows.”

“In the diocesan archives connected with is nothing relating to professed abuses or more information accompanying to him, but as astonishment have said on other occasions, the doors of our Repara Project are open to doable victims,” the archdiocese said.

Cesáreo Gabaráin was born 1936 in Hernani in northern Spain, in 1936.

He attended the seminary get Zaragoza and was ordained spruce up priest in 1959.

For 20 life-span, he served as a school and nursing home chaplain. Be active started writing hymns when put your feet up was in his 30s. Type was an assistant pastor show Madrid in the 1980s swallow headed the theology department exempt a local university.

He composed extra than 500 songs, some imitation which are frequently used suffer Masses in the Spanish-speaking field.

About 30 of his compositions are found in the Oregon Catholic Press song book.

Walter Sánchez Silva is a senior essayist for ACI Prensa (). Partner more than 15 years jump at experience, he has reported unearth important ecclesial events in Collection, Asia and Latin America not later than the pontificates of Benedict Cardinal and Pope Francis.

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