Polish prosecutor halts case against former papal nuncio
December 22, 2014
A Polish prosecutor has decided not to pursue a criminal case against Jozef Wesolowski, the laicized archbishop and former papal nuncio who now faces trial before a Vatican tribunal on sex-abuse charges.
Poland, the homeland of the disgraced Vatican diplomat, had begun its own criminal proceedings against Wesolowski. But a prosecutor in Warsaw said that he had suspended work on the case because he had not obtained needed information from the Dominican Republic, where Wesolowski was serving when the charges against him were lodged.
The Dominican Republic has been cooperating with the Vatican prosecutor’s case against Wesolowski. The former archbishop-- who was stripped of his clerical status after a canonical trial-- is now confined to the Vatican pending his criminal trial there.
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Further information:
- Poland Suspends Abuse Probe of Vatican Ex-Envoy (AP)
- Vatican outlines progress of criminal case against former nuncio to Dominican Republic (CWN, 12/3)
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