ŁOWICZ (POLAND)
XEVT - FM104.1 [Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico]
March 9, 2024
By René Camacho Marín
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the bishop of the diocese of Lowicz, in Poland , Monsignor Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba , after being accused of covering up sexual abuse against minors .
In the press bulletin published this Saturday by the Holy See, it is briefly stated that the Supreme Pontiff accepted the resignation from the pastoral government presented by Dziuba, 73 years old.
The Polish bishop was accused of negligence in the management of sexual abuse against minors in several complaints filed with the Vatican.
According to Italian media, the investigation at the diocesan level was carried out by the metropolitan archbishop of Lodz, Grzegorz Rys, who in 2020 presented the collected documents to the Holy See.
It is worth remembering that, in 2019, Pope Francis published the “motu proprio” document, also called “Vos estis lux mundi” (You are the light of the world), which requires reporting any alleged sexual or power abuse by a cleric, and establishes the procedure to be followed in the dioceses; it also requires speed in preliminary investigations.
In 2022, the State Commission on Pedophilia submitted a notification to the prosecutor’s office against Dziuba, accusing him of having committed the crime of not reporting to law enforcement the sexual abuse of a minor committed in 2016, by a priest subordinate to him.
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the bishop of the diocese of Lowicz, in Poland , Monsignor Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba , after being accused of covering up sexual abuse against minors .
In the press bulletin published this Saturday by the Holy See, it is briefly stated that the Supreme Pontiff accepted the resignation from the pastoral government presented by Dziuba, 73 years old.
The Polish bishop was accused of negligence in the management of sexual abuse against minors in several complaints filed with the Vatican.
According to Italian media, the investigation at the diocesan level was carried out by the metropolitan archbishop of Lodz, Grzegorz Rys, who in 2020 presented the collected documents to the Holy See.
It is worth remembering that, in 2019, Pope Francis published the “motu proprio” document, also called “Vos estis lux mundi” (You are the light of the world), which requires reporting any alleged sexual or power abuse by a cleric, and establishes the procedure to be followed in the dioceses; it also requires speed in preliminary investigations.
In 2022, the State Commission on Pedophilia submitted a notification to the prosecutor’s office against Dziuba, accusing him of having committed the crime of not reporting to law enforcement the sexual abuse of a minor committed in 2016, by a priest subordinate to him.