VATICAN CITY
National Catholic Reporter

Joshua J. McElwee | Jun. 15, 2015

VATICAN CITY

The former papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic who left his post in 2013 after being accused of sexual misconduct with minors will stand trial next month at the Vatican with possible “international legal cooperation.”

Former archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, a Polish-born prelate who served in the Latin American country from 2008-August 2013, will stand trial beginning July 11, the Vatican announced Monday.

Wesolowski was recalled to Rome nearly two years ago after allegations of abusing young boys and possessing child pornography. While originally free to roam the city upon his arrival, he has been living at the Vatican under a form of house arrest since being arrested by Vatican officials in September 2014

Monday’s statement said that the president of the Vatican city-state’s tribunal “has ordered the trial” of the former nuncio, for offenses from…