The Spaniard José Luis Azcona, bishop of the perlatura territorial of Marajó since 1987, received the award ‘Merito Nossa Senhora de Nazaré’, acknowledging his fight against pedophilia and the trafficking of minors. The congressman Arnaldo Jordy proposed this recognition. This Augustinian Recollect of Navarra, was one of the first to denounce the sexual abuses inflicted on the youth and teenagers before the parliament commission that is investigating (25,000 registered cases in five years), this has brought him many death threats. But his sense of justice and his commitment to the Gospel is stronger than any fear.
In the same ceremony, Domingos Juvenil, President of the assembly, praised Fr. Juan Antonio González for his commitment to social work in the parish of San José de Queluz, along with his diligent work in the various activities of the parish.