Overview

• National Police arrested the priest on June 27 after tracing messages that led investigators to his phone.
• Authorities say he posed as a woman on social media to trick minors into sending intimate photographs.
• The Juzgado de Guardia ordered his provisional imprisonment as the sexual exploitation probe remains open.
• The Archdiocese of Burgos has suspended him, opened a canonical inquiry and offered support to identified victims.
• Investigators are collecting digital evidence and tracing potential additional victims, with the total number still unknown.