VATICAN ARRESTS EX-ENVOY WESOLOWSKI OVER CHILD ABUSE (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 12:45

The Vatican has placed its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Jozef Wesolowski, under house arrest on charges of sexually abusing children.

The former archbishop was defrocked in June after a Church tribunal found him guilty of abusing Dominican boys.

He will now be tried by a Vatican criminal court, becoming its highest official to face abuse charges there.

Wesolowski, who is originally from Poland, served as a papal envoy to the Dominican Republic for five years.

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