Pope dismisses Polish bishop over abuse scandal

[Pelican Press 0]

Pope dismisses Polish bishop over ****** scandal

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Polish bishop for negligence in handling cases of ******* ****** committed by some clergy against minors, his representatives in the country said.

Andrzej Dziuba, a bishop in Lowicz, had not informed law enforcement authorities about the case of a priest from his diocese who abused a 14-year-old boy, according to local media reports, which said Dziuba is facing charges in Poland.

“Difficulties in the management of the diocese were identified, in particular negligence in handling ******* ****** cases committed by some clergy against minors,” the Apostolic Nunciature in Poland said in a statement on Saturday. Dziuba had been asked to resign by the Holy See, it added.

The Lowicz diocese said on its website that Dziuba was retiring, citing the Pope’s decision to accept his resignation without further elaboration. Dziuba did not immediately comment.

His departure comes less than a month after the pope accepted the resignation of a Polish archbishop accused in a 2021 documentary of turning a ****** eye to child ******.

One of Europe’s most devoutly ********* countries, Poland has seen a string of child ****** scandals, with the ******* saying two years ago that between July 1, 2018, and December 31, 2020, it received 368 reports regarding ****** of minors.

According to 2021 census data, 71 per cent of the population consider themselves *********.

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