VATICAN CITY
CNN
By Delia Gallagher
(CNN)The Pope’s former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Jozef Wesolowski, is accused of offenses related to child abuse and will be tried at the Vatican beginning on July 11, the Vatican said Monday.
Wesolowski, 66, is the highest-ranking former Vatican official to be arrested for allegations related to the sexual abuse of minors and the first to be tried on such charges at the Vatican.
Wesolowski is accused of possession of child pornography as well as offenses related to the sexual abuse of minors during his time as papal nuncio to the Dominican Republic.
Before arriving in the Dominican Republic in 2008, Wesolowski was nuncio to Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. He began his career as a priest in Krakow, Poland, in 1972.
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