The Lumen Dei association has come up against the latest ‘Saved’ program that attributes to Jesús Sanz Montes the sale of buildings occupied by nuns to investment funds worth 12.5 million euros. In a statement he recalled that the entity was intervened in 2008 by the Holy See “due to various complaints from internal members who accused some people of serious irregularities.”
From Lumen Dei point out that the appointment of the current archbishop of Oviedo was endorsed by all its members and in May 2014 “a significant group of members unsubscribed”. From there, they argue that “the financial situation was unsustainable due to lack of liquidity to face the mortgage debts contracted years before by the resigners”. Therefore, they recognize, “Some properties were sold and also to be able to buy some in Asturias where the association had its headquarters”. They also reject the accusations about the unknown destination of the money or the eviction: “Monsignor Jesús Sanz he has not evicted anyone and he has not taken a single euro of our association “.
Lumen Dei also ensures that calls ‘sisters’ or ‘missionaries’ “are not.” They accuse the nuns of “a simulation fraud. They began in 2015 an ecclesial, judicial and media campaign “against Sanz Montes with” numerous letters to the Holy See, a multitude of complaints and leaks to certain media. “The organization details the judicial processes carried out through criminal cases, civil, administrative or contentious-administrative, up to 31, in which the Monsignor has obtained the reason, so “it can explain the nervousness of the former members before the trials that are coming.” “authentic abuse and procedural fraud” his performance and they mention the file order of one of the complaints where the Provincial Court of Madrid declared “the existence of a single Lumen Dei, the full legitimacy of Monsignor Sanz Montes and defines how clear recklessness, bad faith and procedural abuse the attitude of the complainants “.
Finally they point out that they “fully” approve the management of the current archbishop, rejects “the actions of the former members and the current illegal occupation of the buildings that, in their day, belonged to Lumen Dei”. They also warn about the possibility of going to court if “the honor of blameless persons continues to be stained.”
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