May 23, 2006

Priest requests and gets jail for child sex abuse

POLAND
Gulf Times

Published: Tuesday, 23 May, 2006, 09:36 AM Doha Time

WARSAW: A Polish court Monday sentenced a Catholic priest to five years in jail for repeated sexual abuse of a 10-year-old girl in his presbytery.
The 38-year-old priest, named only as Miroslaw W, abused the girl in 2003 and 2004, said the court in the eastern city of Lublin, cited by the PAP news agency.
The priest had pleaded guilty.

Posted by kshaw at May 23, 2006 07:56 AM