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https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230306-pope-john-paul-ii-covered-up-child-abuse-as-cardinalPope 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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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
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BlueTsunami2018
(3,933 posts)1. Par for the course.
Its such a common practice in the Catholic Church that no one bats an eye. Hell, its a common practice in all churches.
spike jones
(1,767 posts)2. Fight the real enemy
Scrivener7
(52,508 posts)3. I wonder what this will do to the effort to make him a saint.
niyad
(119,540 posts)7. He was canonized in 2014.
Scrivener7
(52,508 posts)8. Wow. That wooshed right past my notice!
Think they'll demote him? I bet they don't.
niyad
(119,540 posts)9. Don't hold your breath.
Cuthbert Allgood
(5,167 posts)10. Canonization is permanent.
If they have a saint day, they have removed saints from the calendar. But he's a saint forever.
Ocelot II
(120,448 posts)4. SOP. The church has been doing that since forever.
twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)5. Anyone surprised? Anyone?
niyad
(119,540 posts)6. Colour me sooooooo NOT surprised.