At the beginning of November, an investigation was filed to investigate minors involving . The Catholic Church states that “it was not possible to confirm the verisimilitude” of the accusations.
In a note to the Panel, the Archdiocese says that “the Archdiocesan Commission for Guardianship against Abuse of Minors and Vulnerable Adults called and heard all the people who claimed, through the press, to have been victims of abuse committed by the aforementioned priest” , which was also heard.
After that, a Prior Investigation Committee was set up to investigate the allegations further.
“At the end of the investigation, it was not possible to confirm the verisimilitude of the allegations presented and, therefore, as provided for by Canon Law, the investigation was archived by the Metropolitan Curia at the beginning of November 2024”, he concludes.
This is the second time that an investigation against the parish priest has been shelved by the Archdiocese. In 2020, after the release of a video without proven authenticity with sexual content allegedly involving the priest, an investigation was carried out.
In the end, the investigation was archived due to the lack of materiality of the allegations. After being called at the time, the São Paulo Public Ministry took a stand against the initiation of criminal proceedings.
The parish priest was the target of a presentation by councilor Rubinho Nunes (União) at the São Paulo City Council. The initiative is not expected to be resumed.
Lancellotti is responsible for the São Miguel Arcanjo parish, in Mooca (east zone), and coordinator of the Pastoral do Povo da Rua.
When proposing the CPI at the beginning of this year, Rubinho stated that the proposal was to investigate the conduct of NGOs that operate in the Cracolândia region, in the center of the capital.
After agreement with party leaders, the councilor began to directly target the religious.
The councilor claims that there is overwhelming evidence against the religious man. Lancellotti always refuted the accusations and said, in a statement at the time, that “the imputations that have recently emerged — as well as those that have arisen in the past — are completely false, untrue.”
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