POLAND
GlobalPost
Poland’s Catholic Church on Wednesday said it would set up a handful of sites across the country where victims of sexual abuse by priests can go for psychological and legal help.
“Work is under way to launch points of contact in Poland for victims of sexual abuse committed by clergymen,” Archbishop Wojciech Polak, primate of Poland, said on his website.
He said the Church would open four or five sites across the Catholic country that would provide victims with advice.
Several high-profile cases have recently rocked the Polish Church, including that of Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, who is alleged to have had sex with boys while serving as a papal envoy in the Dominican Republic.
Poland’s Catholic Church apologised in June 2014 for the paedophilia in its midst at a landmark ceremony attended by top clergy and abuse victims.
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