WARSAW, POLAND
Associated Press
May 30, 2019
By Monika Scislowska
The founder and head of a Polish organization dedicated to helping victims of clerical sex abuse has resigned after allegations surfaced that he extorted money from a victim and demanded money from the producers of a documentary about clerical abuse.
The foundation “Have No Fear” said the head of its board, Marek Lisinski, resigned and that it has opened an internal audit into the allegations reported Thursday by the Gazeta Wyborcza daily.
In a post on Facebook, Lisinski denied the extortion allegation and insisted that he only borrowed money and intended to return it in December.
“The good of the survivors has always been the supreme goal for me,” Lisinski wrote.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.