POLONIA
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[Summary: Poland, a very Catholic country, faces a pedophilia scandal after Pope Francis dissmissed Josef Wesolowski as Vatican nuncio to the Dominican Republic. Wesolowski is alleged along with another Polish priestto have sexually abused minors in the Caribbean country. Although several cases of pedophilia have come to light in Poland, none has caused scandal as in the United States and Ireland. Bishop Wojciech Polak, secretary general of the Polish episcopate, on Friday said the situation is painful and difficult. He added that confidence in the church has suffered. He offered an apology and said it was “the least we can do.”]
VARSOVIA. AFP. La Iglesia de Polonia, país muy católico, enfrenta un escándalo de pedofilia después de que el papa Francisco destituyera de sus funciones al nuncio del Vaticano en República Dominicana, el polaco Josef Wesolowski, acusado junto a otro cura de la misma nacionalidad en misión en el país caribeño de abuso sexual a menores.
A pesar de que en los últimos años han salido a la luz varios casos de pedofilia en este país europeo, ninguno ha provocado un verdadero escándalo, al contrario de países como Estados Unidos o Irlanda, en donde casos de este tipo han sido ampliamente mediatizados y condenados.
El Secretario General del Episcopado polaco, monseñor Wojciech Polak, calificó el viernes a este caso de “doloroso y difícil”.
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