Pope Goes Tough Against Sex Scandals

<p><em> Pope goes tough <&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that The Holy See&comma; on May 28&comma; prohibited a Polish bishop emeritus from participating in any public celebrations and meetings&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The bishop was prohibited following an investigation into accusations of negligence in a cases of sex abuse committed by priests subordinate to him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bishop Tomasz Rakoczy was ordered to live his life &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;in the spirit of repentance and prayer&comma;’’ prohibited from participating in meetings of Poland’s bishops conference&comma; and ordered to pay an adequate amount from private funds to a foundation supporting abuse victims&comma; the Archdiocese of Krakow said in a statement published online&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Similar actions were undertaken in recent months by the Vatican against several other Polish bishops&period; Following investigations&comma; Slawoj Leszek Glodz&comma; archbishop emeritus of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Gdansk archdiocese<&sol;a>&comma; and Edward Janiak&comma; former bishop of Kalisz&comma; had been ordered to live outside of their dioceses and were banned from any public religious celebrations or lay gatherings there&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bishop of Bydgoszcz Jan Tyrawa resigned in May amid a similar investigation&period; Late in 2020&comma; now-deceased Polish cardinal Henryk Gulbinowicz was also symbolically penalised for his role in sex abuse scandals&period; The problem of sex abuse within the Polish Catholic church&comma; including of minors&comma; returned to the spotlight in recent years after a series of TV documentaries and reports about abuse and cover-up attempts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;