POLAND
The Tablet (UK)
10 November 2014 by Jonathan Luxmoore
A Polish priest has been charged with 10 counts of sex abuse in connection with the case of the laicised Polish former nuncio to the Dominican Republic, Jozef Wesolowski.
In a statement, Warsaw’s District Procurator said the charges against Fr Wojciech Gil had followed over 100 witness testimonies during a year-long investigation, and covered offences in Poland and the Dominican Republic between 2001 and 2013.
It added that the priest, who was suspended last year, also faced counts of possession of child pornography and illegal possession of a handgun and ammunition. Prosecutors said 91,000 images and over 400 films involving child pornography were found on the priest’s computer hard drive.
Fr Gil, a member of the Michaelite order, was arrested during a holiday in Krakow last February and suspended from priestly duties, during the preparation of charges against Archbishop Wesolowski, who was defrocked in June and is currently under pre-trial house arrest in the Vatican. Prosecutors have not yet detailed how Fr Gil was connected with the disgraced ex-nuncio.
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