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Warsaw archdiocese seeks laicization of priest charged with brutal murder

July 28, 2025

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CWN Editor's Note: The Archdiocese of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to laicize a priest who was arrested and charged with the brutal murder of a homeless man.

The priest—whose name has not been made public because of Polish privacy law—was charged on July 26 with “murder with particular cruelty,” after he reportedly beat his victim with an axe and set him on fire, apparently after a personal dispute.

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  • Posted by: feedback - Jul. 29, 2025 10:29 AM ET USA

    Details in the AP report of this scandalous story point to a strange close relation between the priest and the homeless man.