Polish prosecutors have
indicted defrocked priest Wojciech Waldemar Gil on 10 counts of
sexual abuse of minors, Dominican authorities said Thursday.
The 37-year-old former parish priest, who was jailed in
Poland in February after fleeing the Dominican Republic in May
2013, is accused of pedophilia in both countries.
His case is linked to that of former archbishop Jozef
Wesolowski, whom the Vatican arrested in September after Pope
Francis gave the green light.
Wesolowski, 66, is accused of paying for sex with children
while he was a papal ambassador in the Dominican Republic.
The arrest was the first inside the Vatican for alleged
paedophilia.
Wesolowski was defrocked by a Vatican canon law tribunal
in June after being found guilty of child abuse.
The ex nuncio, who was recalled to Rome last year, could
face up to seven years in prison for possession of child porn
and child sexual abuse.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
