Spain authorities’ ‘confusion’ prevented priests from administering last rites to train crash victims

Spain authorities’ ‘confusion’ prevented priests from administering last rites to train crash victims Members of the Spanish Civil Guard work along with other emergency personnel January 19, 2026, next to one of two high-speed trains that were involved in a deadly derailment in Cordoba, Spain, near Adamuz. Photo: OSV News/Susana Vera, Reuters

Bishop Jesús Fernández of Córdoba has said that the “confusion” of the authorities prevented priests at the scene of the recent train crash in Adamuz from administering last rites to victims. Fernández said priests at the scene of the accident couldn’t administer last rites to the victims because authorities “thought the dead were already dead…

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