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hrmjustin

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3. Polish diplomat raises extradition for Vatican official accused of sex abuse

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Wed Aug 27, 2014, 10:49 PM

Aug 2014

Josephine McKenna

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Poland’s ambassador to the Holy See has forcefully condemned the alleged sexual abuse of children by a Polish-born former archbishop and Vatican diplomat, and said Warsaw is considering a fresh request to extradite Jozef Wesolowski to face trial in his homeland.

Ambassador Piotr Nowina-Konopka said Wednesday (Aug. 27) the Polish government was reviewing its options after the Vatican announced this week that the former papal envoy to the Dominican Republic had been defrocked and no longer had diplomatic immunity.

“We are currently analyzing the situation regarding immunity,” the ambassador told Religion News Service in remarks that were unusually frank for a diplomat, and especially one from a country that is as strongly Catholic as Poland.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/08/27/polish-diplomat-raises-extradition-vatican-official-accused-sex-abuse/

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Vatican: Former diplomat who abused children could face extradition [View all] hrmjustin Aug 2014 OP

Good, I hope they follow through with this. cbayer Aug 2014 #1

I agree. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #2

Polish diplomat raises extradition for Vatican official accused of sex abuse hrmjustin Aug 2014 #3