THE BRAZILIAN JUDGE EDILSON RUMBELSPERGER RODRIGUES REJECTED VARIOUS CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STATING THAT THE LAW THAT INCREASES THE PENALTY FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AS ABSURD, DIABOLICAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. ACCORDING TO THE JUDGE THIS WAS BECAUSE “THE WORLD IS MALE, GOD IS MALE, JESUS WAS A MAN AND THE WOMAN IS GUILTY OF THE MISFORTUNE OF HUMANITY.”

Judge Edilson Rumbelsperger Rodrigues

In 2007, Judge Edilson Rumelsperger Rodrigues, of the Jurisdiction of Criminal and Juvenile Matters in the First Instance of Sete Lagoas, in the State of Minas Gerais, heard various cases of domestic violence, covered by the Maria Da Penha Act, which provides for higher sentencing for those who perpetrate violence against women. He acquitted several men affirming that:

"So that he does not find himself eventually caught up in the trap of this absurd law, man will have to be a dimwit, weak, in the sense that he will find himself in the situation of having to easily cede to the pressures of the woman. The result of these diabolical rules is that the family will be in danger, just as it already is: weakened, children without rules because of having no parents, the man subjugated (...)

The modern woman, that calls herself independent, who does not even need a father for her children, needs only for his sperm, is frustrated as a woman, as female. However, the misfortune of humanity began in Eden: by fault of the woman, as we all know, but also due to the simple-mindedness, silliness and emotional fragility of the man. (...) The world is male! The idea that we have of God is male! Jesus was a man!"

On the November 20, 2007, the National Council of Justice unanimously decided to commence a disciplinary investigation against Judge Rumbelsperger.

Press:

Folha de São Paulo - Conselho irá processar juiz que criticou Lei Maria da Penha, 21 de noviembre de 2007