Strike in church to support her son, Spanish football president’s mother calls for truth

RELIGIOUS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The mother of the Spanish football president Luis Rubiales is on hunger strike locked inside the parish church of their home town, in protest against her son’s treatment after he kissed the Spanish footballer, Jenni Hermoso, on the lips at the World Cup final.

The Independent reports that Angeles Bejar messaged a Spanish TV station saying she was willing to die for justice because her son is a decent person and his treatment is unfair.

He has been suspended and there are calls for him to resign. The protest has turned into a family affair, with Rubiales’ aunty joining his mother inside the church in Motril, southern Spain, and his cousin Vanessa Ruiz, telling journalists outside that the mother was a woman of great faith who sought refuge in God.

The family want the footballer to “tell the truth”, that the kiss was not forced.