16:13 – This was pointed out by the grandfather of the minor who was a victim of the abuse that shook the entire city. “The girl is a brave, a treasure, an extraordinary being,” he said on Radio Rafaela.
More than 30 days have passed since the city of Rafaela was shaken by this terrible complaint of sexual abuse against a child under 7 years old at Colegio San José. The case, which keeps citizens alive and latent, continues to add chapters, although with little news regarding the progress of the investigation.
Last Saturday, the day for which a march calling for justice was called, which ended up taking place in the afternoon, the resignation of the lawyers was made official. Carlos Farías Demalde and José María Silvela formally submitted their indeclinable resignation to the representation of the lawsuit initiated in due course. According to sources close to the cause, the reasons are due to “differences in criteria.”
In this context, the victim’s mother denounced strong pressure from the bishopric to hinder the investigation and even accused her authorities of “bribing” the family’s lawyers, who renounced legal sponsorship.
Grandfather’s word
In the midst of that deep pain, the silence was broken by ‘Sama’ Astesano, grandfather of the 7-year-old minor victim of all this ordeal. “I have not been well for a month, the whole of society knows what the causes and motives are,” he explained in dialogue with Gerardo Zanoni on Radio Rafaela.
“I remained silent as a grandfather because of the immense pain I feel and because that pain is reflected in the whole family, but fundamentally what I feel is shame,” he said, referring to the last statement issued by the bishopric “after 30 days in total silence ”. “They were not able to call us, since a girl had suffered abuse at her school,” he added hurt.
“When we were children, our second mother was the teacher and the second house was the school. The second mother did not give a single call, the institution did not even realize that the girl had suffered any harm, “he said, adding that the bishopric just realized that the cameras did not work much later.
The uneasiness and loneliness
Moved by the circumstances, the girl’s grandfather explained that “in the face of the pain of this fact and feeling helpless by the institution that has to support us, sometimes one says words out of place, as could happen with the mother of the Chick”.
Regarding the position of the bishopric, he maintained that after “not appearing for 30 days for nothing, they saw that we stepped on the stick and they immediately sent a request. They did it right away to defend the institutionality ”.
“We never went with offensive tones, we always did it shouting justice, which is what is required in these cases. They told us themselves that the doors of the school were going to be open and that the cameras were going to be available. Shortly afterwards the doors were closed and the cameras were not available ”.
Now, quickly responding to the statements, they talk about the offending words and make judgment. “They turn around for us to step on the stick and retaliate,” said Astesano.
Ongoing investigation
“The first thing they told us is that the Gesell camera had been forceful. From that, we consider that the abuse occurred within the school. The bishopric himself came out to apologize. At the feast of San Cayetano, the bishop again apologized saying that the fact has to be clarified, ”commented the girl’s grandfather.
“In addition, three girls were subjected to Gesell’s camera. And we want there to be a deeper investigation. We fully trust the prosecutors, and we ask that they help us. I speak more for the pain than for anything else, and I do not understand the legal times well. But the fact existed and within the school ”, he also maintained.
Now, weeks after the dissemination of the complaint but with the pain still on the surface, the harsh statements of Vanesa, the complainant mother, were known, assuring that there were ‘bribes’. In this regard, ‘Sama’ Astesano said: “The other day a word could have been said out of context, offensive, I understand. But why don’t they ask us what our state of mind is like, how do we receive the news that they are leaving us more and more alone? “
Very moved, when consulted by the little victim of this aberrational scenario, between tears he said: “The girl is a brave, a treasure, an extraordinary being.” It is because of her that the fervent claims continue asking for justice and clarification of the facts.
Source: Radio Rafeala –
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