Father Báez, a priest surrounded by controversy
On the night of Sunday, June 13, 2021, the Diocese of the Canary Islands rejected these demonstrations. "We reject and disallow such personal opinions that do not reflect the sentiments of this ecclesial community.
But it is not the first time that the parish priest of Lomo Magullo is involved in the controversy. The priest is a regular on social networks. The 74-year-old Báez's last controversy took place last January, when he went to Roque Bentayga with a group of 20 people. In addition, he removed his mask on several occasions and did not keep a safe distance to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 in an area where access is prohibited due to the risk of landslides.
In October 2019, a woman denounced Fernando Báez before the Civil Guard for allegedly attacking her 17-year-old son during the visit of the Virgen del Pino to the municipality of San Mateo. The young man's mother reported this event through her Facebook account, attaching photographs where the marks of the alleged blows to the neck can be seen. Some accusations that Báez himself described as false and assured that he had not received any notification from the Prosecutor's Office.
In September 2018, the parish priest of Lomo Magullo, Las Breñas y Cazadores He refused to give communion to the exedil of Telde, Héctor Suárez, for "being in mortal sin" having contracted civil marriage months ago with Teldense councilor Gloria Cabrera.
In the summer of that same year it was trending topic at the national level. And is that holding the first Gala Drag Queen at the festivities in honor of San José and the Virgen del Pino had, in addition to being curious cede the sacristy to the 10 participants, the members of the troupe Los Diamantes and the drag queen invited to the gala, Ibón de Cuba, artistic name of Iván Melián. It has remained in his history as his most opening gesture.
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In addition, his way of seeing life has led him to be ironic with traditions. "The Virgin has not appeared anywhere," he confessed, referring to the tradition of Teror, where she is venerated because she would have manifested herself on top of a pine tree in 1481. "It's a lie! Neither in Fatima, nor in Lourdes, nor in Carabanchel, nor in any other part of the world has this happened… And less in a pine tree! The Virgin lived in Bethlehem, she was in Jerusalem… Nothing else! ”He denounced with a gesture that obviously did not sit well in the Church.
Also, when Fallen Cliff was named A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the parish priest took the opportunity to charge against this Gran Canaria site.
Cabildo complaint
The Cabildo of Gran Canaria collects the necessary documentation to file a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office, against Fernando Baez Santana, known as the 'father Báez', so that it investigates and qualifies the facts referring to its manifestations that justify the latest crime of 'vicarious violence', on the occasion of the case of the girls of Tenerife, Anna and Olivia Gimeno Zimmermann. In addition, the island president Antonio Morales, has indicated his concern about this matter to the ecclesiastical authorities.
The Council of Equality, Diversity and Transparency of the Insular Corporation, directed by Sara Ramírez Mesa, compiles the interventions of 'Father Báez' referring to this case, unanimously recognized as an example of 'vicarious violence', as a case of extreme violence by damaging or murdering women daughters of Beatriz Zimmermann.
Both on radio and on social networks, the priest has made demonstrations in which he considers that the alleged murderer is another victim, due to the marriage breakdown and "infidelity", affirming that the girls would be alive if the mother had not broken the marriage because "before the man put up with the women even if they went crazy". He also goes so far as to say that the mother "reaps what she sowed", considering that the linking of the girls' mother to a new relationship is "stealing children".
