Vatican: Heart attack killed ex-ambassador accused of abuse

VATICAN CITY
Daily Star (Lebanon)

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican says an autopsy has confirmed that its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, who died on the eve of his sex abuse trial, suffered a heart attack.

The autopsy on Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski was conducted by a team of coroners named by the Vatican prosecutor, and the results were deposited with the Vatican tribunal earlier this week. The Vatican made the results public Friday.

In a statement, the Vatican said the toxicology tests confirmed a natural death “excluding any other external causes.”

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