DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
The News (Poland)

27.08.2014

The Dominican Republic has began criminal proceedings against Archbishop Wesolowski, the former papal diplomat defrocked by the Vatican after paedophile allegations.

The Italian ANSA news agency says the state prosecutor’s office in Santo Domingo has already filed charges, following the Vatican informing on Monday that they have taken away diplomatic immunity from Jozef Wesolowski, the former Holy See representative in the Dominican Republic. It has been alleged that Wesolowski paid boys to perform sexual acts.

The Vatican defrocked the priest in June and have launched their own criminal proceedings. Wesolowski has appealed the defrocking.