Present occasions have prevailed on the tv grid and, filling the hole left by Martínez y Hermanos, this system introduced by Dani Martínez, the Todo es Lie format by Risto Mejide, has made a courageous dedication to one of many subjects of the second: the nuns of Belorado. The Mediaset channel broadcast the particular on the case and has devoted itself totally to it, analyzing intimately the 15 ‘squatter’ nuns in a convent, the Pía Unión and the reality about Pablo de Rojas and the cocktail priest.
And, in the midst of all this confusion and controversy, one other highly regarded identify has returned to the media highlight; that of Father Apelles. Since this weekend, many media retailers have reported on the arrival of this man to our nation solely to have the ability to collaborate on Risto Mejide’s particular program. And, in fact, with a lot noise on tv, many have puzzled who this individual is and what his relationship is (if he has one) with the story of the nuns of Burgos.
Father Apelles: the controversial priest, his profession on tv and his suicide try
José Apeles Santolaria de Puey y Cruells (57 years previous), higher generally known as Father Apeles, is a Spanish media character, who has carried out numerous duties as a priest, lawyer, tv presenter and commentator; occupations which were questioned by the ecclesiastical atmosphere and which have led public opinion to even surprise if he’s an actual priest. And the reality is that, greater than between lots, this Barcelona native’s profession was cast between tv units.
Father Apeles, 1990 / Gianni Ferrari
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Within the 90s he triumphed on the small display with different characters of the stature of Leonardo Dantés and in 97 he had his personal late night time on Telecinco, Cita con Apeles, alongside Rocío Carrasco. He was additionally one in every of Jordi González’s occasional collaborators in Moros y Cristianos; an expertise that led him to take part in Crónicas Marcianas, the place he remained till 2005. One other truth that you simply didn’t anticipate is that he was a commentator on Massive Brother VIP.
And from one actuality present to a different. Father Apeles additionally appeared as one of many members within the debate on The Island of Temptations in 2020, this being his final related tv look, since he later starred in a particular connection in Sálvame. His most up-to-date look on tv, earlier than showing on Cuatro, was in an interview he gave to TV3 by which he spoke overtly concerning the sickness he suffers from.
What occurred to Father Apelles?
In an interview with the newspaper El Español, the priest made an sudden assertion by confessing again in 2019 that he had moved to dwell in Rome as there have been no extra tv “saraos” to hang around on and admitted that he was “fed up with the independence motion” in your natal metropolis. So he stayed at a distance till now, when he has returned to Spain to collaborate on Risto Mejide’s program.
It was throughout one in every of his interventions in Sálvame the place the priest confessed that lately he suffered a powerful despair for which, as he himself mentioned, he prayed to God daily to depart this life quickly. “I had no want to dwell. I took a whole lot of sleeping drugs. I walked and my toes twisted loads. There got here a time after I solely took the drugs,” he confessed. In 2012, his delicate psychological well being led him to aim suicide with a large consumption of medicine and alcohol, though he didn’t need to classify it as an try to take his personal life.
His return: what relationship does he have with the nuns of Belorado?
Years after abandoning his function as a collaborator, Father Apeles has returned to the units, particularly that of Every little thing is a Lie, for a particular case similar to that of the nuns of Burgos, since throughout this time he has been dedicating himself to the investigation of ecclesiastical historic archives, so this system invited him as one of many skilled sources (or not) to show to to provide some explanations concerning the case. Thus, in relation to the deadline imposed for them to depart the convent, the priest has expressed the opinion that, earlier than throwing them out, we should “deal” with them. “You must suppose that they’re good individuals and that they’ve been deceived,” he identified.
As for the false priest, Pablo de Rojas, his right-hand man, the cocktail priest, Apeles has been clear: “They’re a few rogues. The issue is that they need to drag a gaggle of sisters, a few of whom are over 80 years previous and enjoying with the lives of very respectable individuals. I do not suppose they even perceive the doc they introduced.
