VATICAN CITY
Press TV (Iran)
The Vatican’s former ambassador to the Dominican Republic has been defrocked and convicted of child sex abuse by a church tribunal.
The Holy See said Friday that Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski was found guilty by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and could no longer perform priestly duties.
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said Wesolowski would also be stripped of his freedom of movement.
The ruling makes Wesolowski the first top papal representative to be convicted of child sex abuse.
The former envoy has two months to appeal. As a papal diplomat and citizen of the Vatican City State, he also faces criminal charges by the tribunal of Vatican City, which could put him behind bars.
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