POLAND
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A priest accused of child abuse in the Dominican Republic has also been charged with crimes against Polish citizens.
Przemyslaw Nowak, spokesman for the Warsaw District Prosecutor’s Office, has revealed that Father Wojciech G. (full name withheld under Polish privacy laws), has had four charges brought against him in total, two of which “relate to acts committed in Poland, to the detriment of Polish citizens.
” It had previously been understood that the entire case against the priest concerned alleged crimes against citizens of the Dominican Republic.
“The acts against Polish citizens are from several years ago,” Nowak noted. Nowak said the charges relate to various sexual offences against minors, and that some of the charges carry penalties of up to 12 years in prison.
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