Vatican ex-archbishop dies before sex abuse trial

By Tom Kington
Times (UK)
August 28, 2015

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/faith/article4540913.ece

Józef Wesolowski was accused of paying shoeshine boys for sex

Tom Kington Rome

Last updated at 11:58AM, August 28 2015

A former Catholic archbishop and papal nuncio accused of sexually abusing young boys has died at the Vatican, just as his ground-breaking trial got under way.

Józef Wesolowski, 67, who was on trial before a Vatican court, faced seven years in jail after allegedly paying shoeshine boys for sex in the Dominican Republic, where he served as papal nuncio.