VATICAN CITY
Ukraine Today
Ex-Polish archbishop charged with paying for sex with minors
Catholics here in Warsaw are awaiting the Vatican’s first ever trial for sex abuse against a former archbishop from Poland. Jozef Wesolowski faces criminal charges of paying for sex with minors and possessing child pornography.
The trial begins this Saturday in the tiny-city state, the headquarters of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church. A former long-term Vatican correspondent from Poland said the case shows the church’s approach to dealing with reports of paedophilia is changing.
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