ged ▁shows ▁that ▁hom osex ual ity ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁pre occup ations ▁of ▁the ▁court . ▁ ▁The ▁pun ish ments ▁for ▁sexual ▁s ings ▁t ended ▁to ▁be ▁fin es , ▁pen ance , ▁public ▁hum ili ation , ▁and ▁l ash ing ▁in ▁the ▁most ▁serious ▁cases . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 5 6 9 ▁F eli pe ▁II ▁officially ▁creates ▁the ▁trib unal ▁of ▁Mexico ▁City , ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁Vic ero yal ty ▁of ▁New ▁Spain ▁only ▁civil ▁law ▁took ▁charge ▁of ▁jud ging ▁the ▁un spe ak able ▁sin . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 5 6 9 , ▁official ▁in quis itor ial ▁trib un als ▁had ▁been ▁created ▁in ▁Mexico ▁City ▁by ▁Philip ▁II . ▁Hom osex ual ity ▁was ▁a ▁prime ▁concern ▁of ▁the ▁[ ep is cop al ] ▁In quisition , ▁which ▁inf lic ted ▁st iff ▁fin es , ▁spiritual ▁pen ances , ▁public ▁hum ili ations , ▁and ▁f log g ings ▁for ▁sexual ▁s ins . ▁In ▁ 1 6 6 2 , ▁the ▁Mexican ▁In quisition ▁compla ined ▁that ▁hom osex ual ity ▁was ▁common , ▁especially ▁among ▁the ▁cler gy , ▁and ▁asked ▁for ▁juris diction ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁that ▁the ▁sec ular ▁courts ▁were ▁not ▁sufficiently ▁vig il ant . ▁The ▁request ▁was ▁denied . ▁In ▁fact , ▁the ▁civil ▁authorities , ▁under ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁Duke ▁of ▁Al bu quer que , ▁had ▁recently ▁been ▁extremely ▁active , ▁ind ict ing ▁a ▁hundred