POLAND
Dominican Today
Warsaw.- Polish priest Wojciech Gil, charged with sexually abusing at least 15 boys in the Dominican Republic, on Friday denied the accusations, and said his only fault was placing too much trust on the youngsters, EFE reports.
“I haven’t inflicted any harm on the children, and if I must apologize it’s for my naiveté in trusting these people too much,” said the prelate by phone to Polish TVP Info.
Gil (Padre Alberto) remains with his family in Poland since the allegations of the abuse of the boys surfaced, and for now doesn’t intend to return to the Dominican Republic, where he headed the parish at the central mountain town of Juncalito.
In addition to Gil, Polish bishop and former Vatican envoy to the Dominican Republic Jozef Wesolowski, former apostolic nuncio, is also accused of sexually abusing of boys on the island.
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