Gábor Kaleta – Hungary’s ex-consul in Los Angeles and his child porn case cover-up

Almost a year ago Ambassador Gábor Kaleta, Hungary’s top diplomat to Peru was caught in a child porn case in Lima.  19,000 (!) images of violent child porn were found on the Embassy’s computers.  Hungarian security officials quietly escorted the Ambassador back to Budapest and the cover-up almost succeeded.

A couple of days ago journalist András Dezső of index.hu published a piece about the strange disappearance of Ambassador Kaleta.   Now the Orbán government admits that there is legal action against the ex-Ambassador.

Mr. Kaleta (left) with Mr. Miklós Bartsch, Hungary’s Honorary Consul in Sacramento, California

Hungary has no free press.  News sources are tightly controlled by the Orbán government and news items that make the regime uncomfortable are re-written or suppressed.

The Ambassador was caught after Spanish Police broke up a global pedophile ring that shared “extremely violent” child porn. Graphic content included rape of children and babies as young as a few months old.  The 26-month-long “Chemosh Operation” has been coordinated by the Spanish Central Cybercrime Unit in collaboration with Interpol, EUROPOL in Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, India, Italy, Pakistan, Peru, United Kingdom and Syria.

Kaleta is well-known in California especially in Catholic circles.  Between 2007 and 2011 he served as Consul in Los Angeles.  A devout Catholic, a graduate of the Benedictine High School of Pannonhalma and Pázmány Péter Catholic University, he was a frequent visitor at the Catholic Mission of Woodside, CA.  He was also instrumental when Hungary recognized Fr. Maurus Németh a California monk with the Golden Cross award in 2009.

Mr. Kaleta (second from left), Rev. Gábor Magyari-Köpe (third from left), Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest Ferenc Cserháti (wearing a cross), Ft. Maurus Németh (holding his award), Ms. Eva Voisin, Hungary’s Honorary Consul in San Francisco (far right).

This case shows that Orbán loyalty pays in Hungary.  Those who support his regime can count on protection; Budapest will cover-up illegal and even criminal activities.

György Lázár

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