Daniel Sturla, archbishop of Montevideo, apologized, on behalf of the Catholic Church, to LGBTs in Uruguay. The request was made due to homophobic crimes carried out by the Church in the past and also due to statements made by Sturla's predecessors. The archbishop made a point of meeting with LGBT representatives to apologize to Uruguayan gays. He said he hopes everyone, religious and homosexual, can live in peace in the near future. The apology also included a statement from Nicolás Cotugno, who in 2008 said that gays are “sick and should go to an island to be cured”, and from Jaime Fuentes, who in 2013 campaigned for homosexual marriage not to be approved. .
