VATICAN CITY
Christian Today
Published 26 September 2014 | Ruth Gledhill
The Vatican revealed yesterday that its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic is facing charges of posessing child pornography, in addition to the sexual abuse of minors.
Vatican officials found underage porn while investigating Josef Wesolowski, who was placed under house arrest earlier this week to prevent “possible evidence tampering”.
He is only the second person to be arrested in this way in recent history. The first was Pope Benedict’s former butler, Paulo Gabriele, subsequently sentenced to 18 months in prison for leaking private documents. It is the first Vatican arrest of a high-ranking prelate involved in child sex abuse.
Polish-born Wesolowski, former Nuncio in the Dominican Republic, was recalled to the Vatican a year ago and investigated for sex abuse allegations.
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