Assistant Attorney General Bolivar Sanchez, who is leading the investigation into the accusations of sexual misconduct against former papal nuncio Josef Wesolowski has announced that the Dominican authorities have sufficient proof of his misconduct and if he cannot be extradited to this country, he is ready to present the information to the Vatican.
He said that the proof shows that beyond all reasonable doubt Wesolowski engaged in oral sex with minors, and a witness said that he also saw pornographic videos and photographs on the Nuncio’s laptop computer.
The minors who were interviewed gave further details of Wesolowski’s behavior and Sanchez revealed that when the Catholic Church became aware of this proof and presented it to the Vatican, the Dominican authorities were not informed.
He said that as soon as the Attorney General’s office took over the investigation, they received full cooperation from the Catholic Church, which provided some of the names of the potential witnesses.
In the case of another Polish priest under investigation by the judiciary on charges of child sexual abuse, El Caribe reported on Monday, 23 September that around 87,000 pornographic photos were found in the computer of the parish in Juncalito. Assistant prosecutor Bolivar Sanchez told El Caribe that on 27 May at 7:35am, former father Wojciech Gil (Alberto), who is also accused of child molestation, had called a deacon to ask him to remove the hard disk from the computer on the understanding that they would implicate the nuncio. “I would like to show the world (the photos) so people can see the monster we are dealing with, but the law prohibits showing children in vulnerable situations,” said Sanchez. Given the amount of photos, Sanchez says they are also investigating whether trafficking in child pornography had also taken place. As reported, one of the people investigated in the Jozef Wesolowski case said he had seen photos and pornographic videos in the laptop he had at the Papal Nuncio.
Wojciech Gil and Wesolowski were known to be close friends.
www.diariolibre.com/noticias/2013/09/23/i403436_procuraduraa-afirma-tener-pruebas-contra-wesolowski.html
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