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	Polish Bishop Speaks on Abuse Accusations Catholic World News March 19, 2008 http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=57343 A Polish bishop has spoken out about sex-abuse accusations that have troubled the Archdiocese of Szczecin and raised questions about a possible public inquiry. A day after a whistle-blower Dominican priest spent several hours conferring with a prosecutor, a retired bishop offered his own perspective on the problem of sexual abuse. In an interview with the Dziennik newspaper, Bishop Tadeusz Pieronek said: "Everywhere, in each society, there are deviations, which are the result of the imperfection of man." The Church, Bishop Pieronek continued, cannot remain untouched by evil. "Every evil is a threat to the Church," he said. "But the Church also exists to deal with evil." The retired bishop added some thoughts about the role of the Church in a secular world, professing his belief that in Europe today the faithful suffer discrimination.
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