Overview
- The Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in Madrid has launched pre-procedural investigatory diligences to determine whether to archive a complaint or move the case toward trial.
- The review stems from a complaint filed on July 10 by the civic platform Tu pueblo y el mío, routed to Madrid because the cited remarks were broadcast from Radio María’s Madrid base.
- The complaint focuses on a May 3, 2024 broadcast in which José Ignacio Munilla discussed psychologists ‘accompanying’ people with homosexual inclinations and described restrictions on efforts to ‘reconduce’ attractions as bans on conversion therapy.
- The platform argues the statements constitute an explicit defense of conversion practices prohibited by regional norms, citing Valencian Law 8/2017 and invoking Spain’s Penal Code Article 510 on hate and discrimination.
- Munilla responded on X that he has not been formally notified, denied targeting LGTBI people, called the action an attempt to intimidate the Church, and reaffirmed offering spiritual accompaniment toward chastity.