Padre Benito Díaz — The Crime of Padre Amaro Character Profile

About Padre Benito Díaz

An established local priest engaged in a long-term affair and overseeing a hospital project secretly funded by a cartel. His corruption is exposed by Rubén's reporting. He threatens Amaro over the affair, resulting in a physical altercation that leaves him paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair, witnessing Amélia's funeral with disgust.

Character Facts

Played by

Sancho Gracia

Appears in

The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Padre Benito Díaz — Conflict Professional Rival — Padre Amaro (Gael García Bernal)

  Young priest conflicts with corrupt senior priest

• Padre Benito Díaz — Professional Father Figure — Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancón)

  Senior priest has relationship with Amelia's mother

• Padre Benito Díaz — Social Confidante — Augustina Sanjuanera (Angélica Aragón)

  Senior priest's relationship with restaurant owner

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