Vatican clears Polish cardinal of abuse negligence

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 22 - The Vatican on Friday cleared Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of negligence in failing to report child sex abuse when he was Archbishop of Krakow from 2005 to 2016.
    The Holy See has decided to take no further action against the prelate after a probe conducted by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, the former head of the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI), the papal nunciature in Poland announced.
    Dziwisz, the longtime former secretary of Saint John Paul II, had been accused of covering up clerical sex abuse in his position as Krakow archbishop.
    Last June the Vatican set up a commission led by Bagnasco to look at allegations of cover-ups by abuse victims.
    Dziwisz, who turns 83 next week, himself urged the commission to be set up to examine what he called "calumny".
    The commission was set up in the wake of a Polish TV documentary that caused concern.
    Dziwisz expressed gratitude to the Holy See Friday saying the charges were "without merit". (ANSA).