Carlos Cruz (television presenter)

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Carlos Cruz
Born (1942-03-24) 24 March 1942 (age 79)
Torres Novas, Portugal
OccupationTV presenter

Carlos Cruz (born 24 March 1942 in Torres Novas) GCIH 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.

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] Carlos 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 Carlos 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]

External link[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c (in Portuguese) Carlos Cruz[permanent dead link], Webboom.pt
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Carlos Cruz. In Infopédia [online]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2008. [Consult. 2008-10-24]. See: <URL: http://www.infopedia.pt/$carlos-cruz>.
  3. ^ (in Portuguese) Zip-Zip Archived October 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
  4. ^ (in Portuguese) Patrícia Fonseca/VISÃO nº 550 Ascenção e queda do Sr. Televisão Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Visão (18th Sept. 2003)
  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 Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine,
  7. ^ "Carlos Cruz regressa à televisão". Público. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  8. ^ (in Portuguese) Carlos Cruz regressa a Tribunal no âmbito do processo Casa Pia Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (October 14, 2008)
  9. ^ ISBN 978-989-555-085-2; Publisher: Oficina do Livro
  10. ^ (in Portuguese) Tribunal dá 17 crimes como provados, Diário de Notícias (September 3, 2010)
  11. ^ "Casa Pia defendant Carlos Cruz may be released for Christmas | Portugal Resident". October 29, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
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