VATICAN CITY
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation
The Vatican has placed its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Jozef Wesolowski, under house arrest on charges of sexually abusing children.
The former archbishop was defrocked in June after a Church tribunal found him guilty of abusing Dominican boys. He will now be tried by a criminal court, becoming the highest official to face abuse charges in the Vatican.
Wesolowski, who is originally from Poland, served as a papal envoy to the Dominican Republic for five years
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