Rafael Lopez Aliagamayor of Lima, has used his X account (formerly Twitter) to defend Juan Luis Cipriani, accused of sexual abuse by a minor who today is 58 years old. The complaint revealed by the Spanish newspaper El País caused Pope Francis to force Cipriani to leave the Order in 2019. Opus Dei and leave Peru in 2019.
In the defense of López Aliga, describes the complaint against the former archbishop as “defamation” and claims to have known him for many years, for what he considers to be “an unfair accusation.” But why does the mayor of Lima defend the former archbishop so much? Apparently he would be a partner with Javier José María Cipriani Thornebrother of the former cardinal.
The Ciprianis’ link with Popular Renewal
According to the registry of political organizations of the JNE, Javier José María Cipriani Thorne It has been affiliated with the political organization Renovación Popular since May 20, 2024. This party is led by Rafael López Aliaga.
Furthermore, according to information on the Government of Peru website, Javier José would be president of the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Municipal Real Estate Company of Lima, which is in charge of the administration of properties owned by the Municipality of Lima.
Javier José María is also listed as president of the Lima Foundation, a non-profit organization that works in collaboration with the Municipality of Lima. Both entities have worked together to carry out projects with the help of private companies. Even in several photographs you can see Rafael Lopez Aliaga together with Javier José María inaugurating works, so it is concluded that they would be partners.
However, this would not be the most alarming, because if we corroborate the contracts that Cipriani Thorne has made with the State, we find that three service contracts were made with the Municipality of Lima in January, March and April 2023; when Rafael López Aliaga was already serving as Mayor of Lima
The first contract was for ‘Service specialized in management of administrative processes’ for an amount of S/28,000, the second contract for ‘Coordination, monitoring and administrative technical assistance service’ for the amount of S/14,000 and finally, the third Hiring for ‘Specialized service in management of administrative processes’ for S/12,000.
