The Cirne Foundation and the Department of Culture of Javea Town Hall They have published a brochure in Valencian, Spanish and English entitled 'Recordant Antoni Llidó', which remembers this local priest who was murdered in Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship.
The president of the Cirne Foundation, Enric Martínez, have delivered the brochures to the director of the IES Antoni Llidó, Amparo Cortell so that they can be distributed among the students and that they know the murdered religious, "It is important that students know the trajectory and task of the person who gives the name in this educational center. Antoni Llidó faced the terrible dictatorship of General Pinochet and the powerful ecclesiastical hierarchy. He defended the true values of the religious and teacher. As a priest, he dedicated himself to helping the poor and humble families of Quillota, the Valparaíso region where he settled when he arrived in Chile in 1969. As a teacher, he gave classes to the youth of Balones and Quatretondeta (his first assignment as a priest) and to poor Chilean kids. It opened their eyes. Knowledge made them critical and free "explained Martinez.
Likewise, the director advanced that the brochure will serve the teachers to work in the class on everything that Antoni Llidó represents, a reference in the fight for democracy and human rights. Cortell thanked the Cirne Foundation for the work it does to spread the legacy of the priest of Xàbia.
These brochures are published when 46 years have passed since the disappearance of Llidó. It was on October 25, 1974. Llidó was born in 1936 and was committed to justice, equality and democracy. He was arrested, tortured and assassinated by agents of the COME, the secret police of the military coup leader Augusto Pinochet. The dictatorship could not destroy the memory of Antoni Llidó. His legacy remains indelible today. In the Plaza de Ceibos, in Quillota, there is a sculpture that pays homage to him. The institute of his town, Jávea, bears his name.
The president of the Cirne Foundation recalled that this institution guards the archive of Antoni Llidó (includes the entire process to clarify his disappearance and do justice sustained for decades by the priest's sister, Pepa Llidó) and the private library of this religious who defended authentic evangelical values. These documents, provided by the Llidó family, are available to all who want to consult them.
