Warsaw: The Polish Catholic Church, which was attacked by the accusation for years ignoring sexual abuse of minors by Klergy members, on Monday admitted that from July 2018 until the end of last year, he had received complaints against 368 boys and Women.
Appealed for “forgiveness of” Those who were harmed and all were shocked by crime in the church, “Head of the Poland Church, Archbishop Wojciech Polak, said the numbers” Do not reveal the full depth of sexual harassment children underage children carried out by several pastors.
“Almost half the latest cases reportedly related to allegations of abuse against victims under the age of 15 years.
Time the numbers’ released only a few days after the Vatican said he was investigating the allegations of Poland’s retirees about sexual abuse with sexual abuse suggesting efforts by the Catholic Church in Poland to show that it was serious about wrestling with sex crimes by pastors, problems that have damaged their reputation and hostile to Rome.
But characters compiled by the Church in the voluntary diocese survey and monasteries throughout Poland, did not provide a clear indication of whether the problem was getting worse in recent years.
More than three quarters of complaints were reported on Mondays related to the alleged incident of harassment that occurred before 2018, with several dates back to 1958.
The previous survey was released in 2019 found that 382 complaints have been received by the church for 28 years before.
In a country where 90% of the population identified as Catholics, the problem of sexual harassment among several clergy interesting slightly public attention until it was released in 2019 and 2020 of two documentaries who gave testimonies abused as children.
The Polish Church has scrambled since ensuring worshipers that he has problems under control.
Some senior churches have been forced to resign or enter early retirement.
In the latest cases, the Vatican on Monday accepted the resignation of the bishop in Southeast Poland, Zbigniew Kiernikowski, who had been placed in an investigation to act against sexual abuse of minors in the former Keumkupup.
The Catholic Church in Poland, one of the most respected institutions in the country, still enjoys high prices among many poles but has struggled to stop a steady decline in young churches who see the church equally parallel to the party, law and justice of government The country is very conservative and openly.
Church support to tighten the restrictions on Polish abortion triggered a wave of protests that began at the end of last year and increased its growth.
Beauty with the Catholic Church among many young people.
Rapfall, talking to journalists Monday in Warsaw, said data gathering Ed by the church about sexual harassment shows that the church deserves public trust and that “system to respond to underage children is working.” Especially damaging the church’s reputation has become an accusation of negligence for retirees of the Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, who previously served as a personal secretary for Pope John Paul II.
A respected figure in Poland and now it is a saint, John Paul II also serves as Archbishop Krakow before moving to Rome.