VATICAN CITY
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A former Catholic archbishop has been arrested as part of a paedophile investigation.
Jozef Wesolowski is accused of paying for sex with children while serving as The Holy See’s ambassador in the Dominican Republic, according to a Vatican spokesman.
The arrest reflects the wishes of Pope Francis, who earlier this year compared child abuse to a “satanic mass”.
The pope requested “that such a grave and delicate case be handled without delay, with the just and necessary rigour,” according to the Vatican.
Wesolowski, a Polish national, is currently under house arrest inside the city state.
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