Pope Moves Against Polish Bishop Accused of Hiding Predators

June 26, 2020

Pope Moves Against Polish Bishop Accused of Hiding Predators

ROME
Associated Press
June 25, 2020
By Nicole Winfield and Monika Scislowska
Pope Francis has ordered a Polish bishop to leave his central diocese while he is under investigation for covering up cases of sexual abuse that were featured in a second clergy abuse documentary that has rocked Poland’s Catholic Church.
Pope Francis has ordered a Polish bishop to leave his central diocese and let someone else run it while he is under investigation for covering up cases of sexual abuse that were featured in a second clergy abuse documentary that has rocked Poland's Catholic Church.
Francis on Thursday named the archbishop of Lodz, Grzegorz Rys, to temporarily take over as head of the Kalisz diocese.