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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Diocese of Drohiczyn, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland · 2022

Poland: vicar and religion teacher M.Ł. finally convicted for repeated rape of a 14-year-old parishioner

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

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Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The priest was the victim's vicar and religion teacher within her own parish; he used the rectory -- the seat of his clerical authority -- as the assault site, and the court's own language ('this is not a priest but an imitation of a priest') frames the clerical role as the operative mechanism of access.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. Date in cited record · First-instance conviction

    District Court, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. Convicted; sentenced to 5 years

  2. Date in cited record · Appellate judgment

    Court of Appeal in Białystok, Poland. Conviction and sentence affirmed, final

Primary record

Sources

Radio Białystok (2022) '5 lat więzienia dla księdza za gwałt na nieletniej - wyrok utrzymany'. Available at: radio.bialystok.pl (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: The Court of Appeal in Białystok upheld a 5-year sentence for a young Catholic priest, a vicar and religion teacher in the Diocese of Drohiczyn, convicted of repeatedly raping a 14-year-old girl in the parish rectory in May-June 2017 -- a final judgment.

Radio Białystok (2022) '5 lat więzienia dla księdza za gwałt na nieletniej - wyrok utrzymany'. Available at: radio.bialystok.pl (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: The Court of Appeal in Białystok upheld a 5-year sentence for a young Catholic priest, a vicar and religion teacher in the Diocese of Drohiczyn, convicted of repeatedly raping a 14-year-old girl in the parish rectory in May-June 2017 -- a final judgment.

Dziennik.pl (2020) 'Wyrok 5 lat więzienia dla duchownego oskarżonego o trzykrotny gwałt na nieletniej. Sąd: To nie ksiądz, lecz imitacja księdza'. Available at: dziennik.pl (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: The priest, as vicar and the girl's religion teacher, lured her to the rectory, locked the door and assaulted her; the court imposed a 15-year ban on professions involving education, healthcare or care of minors, and the parish curia was notified by the victim's parents in 2017.

Dziennik.pl (2020) 'Wyrok 5 lat więzienia dla duchownego oskarżonego o trzykrotny gwałt na nieletniej. Sąd: To nie ksiądz, lecz imitacja księdza'. Available at: dziennik.pl (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: The priest, as vicar and the girl's religion teacher, lured her to the rectory, locked the door and assaulted her; the court imposed a 15-year ban on professions involving education, healthcare or care of minors, and the parish curia was notified by the victim's parents in 2017.

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