VATICAN CITY
National Catholic Register
by CNA/EWTN NEWS 12/04/2014
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s press officer provided an update on the trial of laicized former nuncio Jozef Wesolowski, saying that the case is moving forward, and the first stages of investigation and questioning have begun.
“Regarding the situation of Msgr. Wesolowski, I can say that the judiciary of the state of Vatican City, continuing investigations, made a first interrogation of the accused, of which others will follow,” Father Federico Lombardi said in a Dec. 2 statement.
Wesolowski, 66, was laicized earlier this year, after being accused of having paid for sex with minors while nuncio to the Dominican Republic. In September, he was placed under house arrest, rather than being jailed in Vatican City’s prison, due to poor health.
In his statement, Father Lombardi explained that because the deadline for the former nuncio’s preventive custody has passed, and due to his poor health, Wesolowski is authorized to have “a certain freedom of movement,” but must remain within the Vatican city state and have limited external communication.
The Vatican spokesman also revealed that professor Gian Piero Milano, promoter of justice for the Vatican City State Tribunal, met with Francisco Dominguez Brito, the Dominican Republic’s attorney general.
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