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(57,349 posts) Fri Aug 28, 2015, 07:36 AM Aug 2015

Vatican ex-envoy Wesolowski dies ahead of abuse trial [View all]

Vatican ex-envoy Wesolowski dies ahead of abuse trial

Source: BBC

Jozef Wesolowski, a former archbishop and Vatican envoy to the Dominican Republic, has died before he could be tried for child sex offences.
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He was accused of paying for sex with children in the Dominican Republic.

Wesolowski, 66, would have been the first high-ranking church official to be tried on paedophile charges. His case was seen as a test of the Vatican's pledge to stamp out abuse.
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Wesolowski was reportedly found dead early on Friday morning. A Vatican statement (in Italian) said preliminary indications were that he had died of "natural causes".

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Wesolowski had already been convicted over abuse by a church tribunal and defrocked as archbishop.

Too bad he didn't die in a prison in the Dominican Republic.

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Vatican ex-envoy Wesolowski dies ahead of abuse trial [View all] beam me up scottie Aug 2015 OP

So where is he now? Cartoonist Aug 2015 #1

I wish hell really existed, and not the one that they believe in. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #2

vatican diddled and delayed and obstructed. Justice was denied to the victims. Warren Stupidity Aug 2015 #3

Some care more about protecting the Church than its victims. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #5

he had died of "natural causes". AlbertCat Aug 2015 #4

Like they were ever going to punish him. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #6

"Only speak good of the dead" AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #7

The UN called them out on this: beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #8

Well, Sam Harris said something bad, so that's pretty much the same, right? n/t trotsky Aug 2015 #9

Yes, and Richard Dawkins' arrogance is just as vile. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #10

bmus, I don't think you understand. trotsky Aug 2015 #11

Hell they even hate Carl Sagan. If he was alive they'd be posting hit pieces on him. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #12

Good riddance EvolveOrConvolve Aug 2015 #13

Indeed. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #14

It is a shame he was not tried sooner so he coukd have gone to prison. hrmjustin Aug 2015 #15

They have failed the victims on every level. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #16

It occurs to me that child abuse is Biblicaly affirmed. LiberalAndProud Aug 2015 #17

Some people believe that and really take it to an extreme. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #18

Too many sects shelter abusers. That much is evident. /nt LiberalAndProud Aug 2015 #20

Might have happend hadn't the church protected him so long. cleanhippie Aug 2015 #19