Carlos Cruz (television presenter)

Carlos Pereira Cruz (born 24 March 1942 in Torres Novas) is a Portuguese former radio and television journalist and talk-show host whose career ended after his involvement and criminal conviction in relation to the Casa Pia scandal.

Carlos Cruz
Born (1942-03-24) 24 March 1942
Torres Novas, Portugal
OccupationTV presenter

Biography

Carlos Cruz was born in 1942 in Torres Novas. At the age of four he migrated to the Portuguese territory of Angola where, at 14, he started work as a sports reporter at the Emissora Católica de Angola and the Rádio Clube de Angola radio stations.[1] Back in Lisbon, he attended the Instituto Superior Técnico where he enrolled in the electrical engineering program, but dropped out and started a professional career in Portuguese television and radio.[2] Throughout his career in the Portuguese media he worked for the Emissora Nacional (now fully owned by RTP), RTP, Rádio Comercial and SIC.

Among his best-known television shows were Zip-Zip (RTP),[3] with Raul Solnado and Fialho Gouveia; 1-2-3 (RTP); O Preço Certo (RTP) and Noites Marcianas (SIC).[2] In 1990, he founded the television production company CCA (Carlos Cruz Audiovisuais), but the project went bankrupt.[2][4] Cruz was the spokesperson of a successful Portuguese bid submitted to host and organize the UEFA Euro 2004.[2] In 2002, the President of Portugal Jorge Sampaio awarded him the Order of Infante D. Henrique.[1] In 2004, The Guardian wrote that Cruz was "Portugal's most famous media personality",[5] and in 2010, The Daily Herald "once Portugal's most popular television presenters" [sic].[6]

In October 2011 in an interview with the magazine Público he announced his imminent return to television on the cable channel House TV.[7]

Paedophilia scandal
Main article: Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal

After a successful career, interrupted by a cancer operation,[2] he was arrested in 2003 and accused of paedophile offences in the Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal.[8] In 2004, as an arguido ("formal suspect") involved in the trial, Cruz published a book of personal reflections, Preso 374.[1][9] He was convicted on September 3, 2010, and sentenced to seven years in prison, but he was free pending appeals until 2013.[10][11]

Because of the sentence, Cruz lost his recognition as part of the Order of Infante D. Henrique.[12]

References
  1. "Carlos Cruz". Webboom.pt (in Portuguese).
  2. Carlos Cruz. In Infopédia [online]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2008. [Consult. 2008-10-24]. See: <URL: http://www.infopedia.pt/$carlos-cruz>.
  3. "Zip-Zip". Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on October 22, 2008.
  4. Patrícia Fonseca/VISÃO nº 550 (18 September 2003). "Ascenção e queda do Sr. Televisão". Visão (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on October 24, 2008.
  5. Tremlett, Giles (2004-11-21). "Portugal rocked by child abuse scandal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  6. "Portuguese court finds 6 guilty of child abuse". The Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
  7. "Carlos Cruz regressa à televisão". Público. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  8. "Carlos Cruz regressa a Tribunal no âmbito do processo Casa Pia". Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (in Portuguese). October 14, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-03.
  9. ISBN 978-989-555-085-2; Publisher: Oficina do Livro
  10. "Tribunal dá 17 crimes como provados". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). September 3, 2010. Archived from the original on September 4, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  11. "Casa Pia defendant Carlos Cruz may be released for Christmas | Portugal Resident". October 29, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  12. Miguel Santos (29 January 2015). "Oficial: Carlos Cruz e Jorge Ritto perderam condecorações do Estado português" (in Portuguese). Observador. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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