A Polish Bishop Paid "Mercy" Money To Sex Abuse Victim, But Kept Priest In Place
It was part of revelations that the priest had been tricking young boys into the parish house and abusing them there. As the prosecutor's office established, the accused also invited the teenagers to the rectory to retake exams in religion. He ordered them to undress, pretended to be a therapist who treated disorders related to sexual drive. Sometimes he would blindfold the boys and then "examine the prostate" with his finger. He also measured the length of the penis without and with an erection.
It is known that since April 6, 2020, Fr. Rafał K. has been banned from performing priestly functions based on canon 1722 of the Code of Canon Law. The ban is in force until further notice. But, still, somehow, he remains a priest.
A preliminary canonical process has been initiated against the priest in the Church, the bishop's office confirmed. But in the meantime, the church "is obliged to provide the accused with maintenance, including accommodation."
Maciej was stunned to find out he is still in his role. "I asked the bishop why this man is still in Bydgoszcz. Why is he still a priest? I heard that they need to clean up after the previous bishop, and that will take time," says the former altar boy.
Wyborcza also revealed that after the trial, Fr. Rafał K. stayed in Bydgoszcz at the Diocesan Retreat House on Piaski Street, which is run by Caritas. It was there that Ukrainian women fleeing the war with their children were accommodated.
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It was part of revelations that the priest had been tricking young boys into the parish house and abusing them there. As the prosecutor's office established, the accused also invited the teenagers to the rectory to retake exams in religion. He ordered them to undress, pretended to be a therapist who treated disorders related to sexual drive. Sometimes he would blindfold the boys and then "examine the prostate" with his finger. He also measured the length of the penis without and with an erection.
It is known that since April 6, 2020, Fr. Rafał K. has been banned from performing priestly functions based on canon 1722 of the Code of Canon Law. The ban is in force until further notice. But, still, somehow, he remains a priest.
A preliminary canonical process has been initiated against the priest in the Church, the bishop's office confirmed. But in the meantime, the church "is obliged to provide the accused with maintenance, including accommodation."
Maciej was stunned to find out he is still in his role. "I asked the bishop why this man is still in Bydgoszcz. Why is he still a priest? I heard that they need to clean up after the previous bishop, and that will take time," says the former altar boy.
Wyborcza also revealed that after the trial, Fr. Rafał K. stayed in Bydgoszcz at the Diocesan Retreat House on Piaski Street, which is run by Caritas. It was there that Ukrainian women fleeing the war with their children were accommodated.
https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/...use-poland
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
