Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Siedlce, Poland · 2023

Poland: priest sentenced to five years for repeatedly forcing a parishioner into sexual acts

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Catholic parish priest

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The complainant was a parishioner of the priest's church; the pastoral relationship is what gave him access to her and the standing on which the contact began.

Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2023-01-01 · conviction and sentence (reported as not yet final)

District Court, Siedlce, Poland. A 33-year-old priest was convicted of using force — grabbing, restraining and pinning — to compel a female parishioner into sexual intercourse and other sexual acts on multiple occasions between October 2018 and February 2019. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, a five-year no-contact order, and 150,000 złoty in damages.

Documented coercion mechanisms

pastoral relationship with a parishioner
physical restraint during the assaults

Primary record

Sources

national news agency verdict and sentencing report 'Ksiądz skazany na pięć lat więzienia za napastowanie parafianki', Polska Agencja Prasowa (PAP).: Poland's national news agency reports the five-year sentence, the no-contact order and the damages awarded.

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