Poland: priest sentenced to five years for repeatedly forcing a parishioner into sexual acts
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Convicted
Authority role
Catholic parish priest
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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
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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
Cited 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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- https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news,1559495,ksiadz-skazany-na-piec-lat-wiezienia-za-napastowanie-parafianki.html Corpus classification: national-news-agency; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 d02032286070b4dd9d8fbd985a7bdca8af8edf52b89ff177db3bfcb2c8a9c43d
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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