POLAND
GlobalPost
A 40-year-old Roman Catholic priest was taken into custody in central Poland under suspicion of possessing and distributing child pornography, a justice official confirmed Wednesday.
“A preliminary investigation has been launched. The man has been provisionally detained for three months,” Inowroclaw public prosecutor Stanislaw Gluszek told Poland’s Polsat News commercial TV.
Police confiscated the suspect’s IT equipment.
Identified only as Marek M. for legal reasons, he was suspended from his duties as a Roman Catholic priest, which included teaching children catechism.
“He is still a priest, but he cannot administer any sacraments, nor can he preach,” said Father Zbigniew Przybylski, spokesman for the Gniezno diocese.
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