POLAND
The News
A foundation that aids victims of child abuse by clergymen is planning a protest at the funeral of a defrocked bishop who died last week before his trial completed at the Vatican.
A funeral mass for Józef Wesołowski is reportedly due to be held in Czorsztyn, southern Poland, on Saturday 5 September.
It is unclear whether the former bishop will be buried in Czorsztyn or in his family’s tomb in the nearby village of Sromowce Wyżne.
Marek Lisiński, head of the ‘Nie lęjajcie się’ foundation (‘Do not be afraid’), has told Radio Zet that the protest will be against what he described as “the ignorance” of the Polish Church regarding the problem of child abuse.
He said that the protesters would not heckle or impede mourners during the service.
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