Polish priest with girlfriend, son, wants out of Church

(ANSA) - Rome, October 9 - A Polish priest asked to leave the Church because he has a girlfriend and they have a son together, Salesian sources said Friday.
    Father Tomasz Kijowski, a Salesian priest who served as spokesman for the 2016 World Youth Day to be held in Krakow, has asked to leave, said Father Andrzej Golebiewski of the Salesian Inspectorate of Krakow on Friday.
    During World Youth Day planning meetings, Kijowski met a 22-year-old woman who became his girlfriend and with whom he now has a son.
    Polish websites are highlighting the story in the wake of Polish Monsignor Krysztof Charamsa's coming out as gay on Saturday, on the eve of the Catholic Church's 20-day Synod on the Family in Vatican City.