VATICAN CITY
Deutsche Welle
Jozef Wesolowski, a former archbishop accused of child sex abuse, has been hospitalized hours before a trial against him was set to open at the Vatican. The unprecedented trial is likely to be adjourned to a later date.
The 66-year-old former archbishop was placed in intensive care at a Vatican hospital, Holy See officials said Saturday, just hours before a trial against him was set to begin.
The details about Jozef Wesolowski’s medical condition have not been disclosed.
The former Polish archbishop and papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic was set to stand a trial on Saturday for possessing child pornographic material in Rome during 2013-14 and sexually abusing minors during his stint as Vatican ambassador between 2008 and 2013.
Wesolowski was recalled to Rome in 2013 after local media accused him of paying young boys to perform sexual acts. He was defrocked by a Church court in June last year and was then put under house arrest on the orders of Pope Francis in September. Vatican inspectors found pornographic material on his computer following his arrest.
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