DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Dominican authorities officially filed an extradition appeal to Poland, asking the European national to extradite a priest who allegedly sexually abused children on the Caribbean island.
Only weeks after another Polish priest who served in the Dominican Republic as a nuncio, or envoy, was accused of sexual abuse, another has been accused of the same crime.
Priest Wojciech Gil, 36, is accused of sexually abusing at least seven children. The crimes are alleged to have taken place in the small, hilly town of Juncalito, some 200 kilometers northwest of the capital, Santo Domingo. Gil, known as ‘Padre Gil,’ or ‘Father Gil,’ led a Catholic parish in the town of 1,300 for almost eight years.
Authorities also said they found over 87,000 pictures and videos of child pornography on Gil’s computer that he used at the small chapel he headed.
The allegations surfaced earlier this year when Gil was back in his native Poland on vacation. After he heard of the charges levied against him, Gil did not return to the Dominican Republic to resume his work.
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