Spanish Cardinal's Niece Poses Nude In 'Hypocrisy' Protest

The niece of the conservative head of Spain's Catholic Church has posed nude in a Spanish magazine in protest at the 'hypocrisy' of her uncle.

Magdalena Rouco Hernandez appears topless on the cover of the magazine as well as in eight other photos, including one were she is wearing nothing but a necklace of green beads and a red flower.

"I wanted to lay bare the hypocrisy of my uncle," the 27-year-old two told the magazine. "Through my uncle I discovered the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church which preaches one thing and does the opposite."

Hernandez added: "My uncle does not stop repeating that the family is sacred, that you must respect it and fight for it, but then he scorns and abandons his own."

She said her uncle, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, turned down her request for financial help when her husband lost his job. She also accused the cardinal of lying about having a meeting with the late Pope John Paul II to justify not attending her father's funeral seven years ago.

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