Polish priest gets 3 months in jail to await trial, report

POLAND/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Dominican Today

Santo Domingo.- Poland judicial authorities on Wednesday ruled to send Polish priest Wojciech (padre Alberto) Gil to three months of pre-trial detention, on charges of sexually abusing minors in his country, and in a highland town of the Dominican Republic, Polish media report.

Citing a source close to the investigation, Polish courts ruled to hold the priest in, and if convicted on all four counts, could spend up to 12 years in Poland prison.

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