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sl8

(16,245 posts)
Tue Mar 7, 2023, 09:12 AM Mar 2023

Pope John Paul II covered up child abuse as cardinal in Poland, says report

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230306-pope-john-paul-ii-covered-up-child-abuse-as-cardinal

Pope John Paul II covered up child abuse as cardinal in Poland, says report

Issued on: 06/03/2023 - 01:49

The late Polish pope John Paul II knew about child abuse in Poland's Catholic church years before becoming pontiff and helped cover it up, private broadcaster TVN reported Sunday.

Michal Gutowski, the investigator behind the broadcast, said that Karol Wojtyla, as he then was, knew of cases of paedophile priests within the church while still a cardinal in Krakow.

He transferred the priests to other dioceses -- one as far away as Austria -- to ensure no scandal ensued, he said.

Wojtyla, who was pope for 27 years from 1978 until his death in 2005, wrote a letter of recommendation for a priest accused of abuse to Vienna cardinal Franz Koenig, without mentioning the accusations, says Gutowski.

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Pope John Paul II covered up child abuse as cardinal in Poland, says report (Original Post) sl8 Mar 2023 OP
Par for the course. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2023 #1
Fight the real enemy spike jones Mar 2023 #2
I wonder what this will do to the effort to make him a saint. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #3
He was canonized in 2014. niyad Mar 2023 #7
Wow. That wooshed right past my notice! Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #8
Don't hold your breath. niyad Mar 2023 #9
Canonization is permanent. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2023 #10
SOP. The church has been doing that since forever. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #4
Anyone surprised? Anyone? twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #5
Colour me sooooooo NOT surprised. niyad Mar 2023 #6

BlueTsunami2018

(4,003 posts)
1. Par for the course.
Tue Mar 7, 2023, 09:24 AM
Mar 2023

It’s such a common practice in the Catholic Church that no one bats an eye. Hell, it’s a common practice in all churches.

Cuthbert Allgood

(5,170 posts)
10. Canonization is permanent.
Tue Mar 7, 2023, 12:32 PM
Mar 2023

If they have a saint day, they have removed saints from the calendar. But he's a saint forever.

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