Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Ostrołęka, Mazovia, Poland · 2024

Poland: priest's six-year sentence for molesting a minor confirmed; sourced to the prosecutor's office

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

priest (wikariusz)

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The victim was a minor under the priest's pastoral influence; the grooming ran through the standing his office gave him.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2024-01-01 · conviction; appeal rejected (final)

Polish courts; appeal rejected by Sąd Okręgowy w Ostrołęce. A priest identified as Łukasz R. was convicted of sexually molesting a minor, plying him with alcohol and showing him pornography between 2011 and 2016. He was sentenced to six years, a ten-year ban on work with minors, a no-contact order and 50,000 złoty in compensation. The regional court rejected the defence appeal in full.

Primary record

official prosecuting authority conviction release Prokuratura Okręgowa w Ostrołęce, 'Ksiądz skazany o przestępstwa seksualne przeciwko małoletnim' (2024).: The prosecuting authority's own statement of the conviction, sentence and orders.

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