Cracow. The rugby coach dripped teenagers, he was supposed to harass them. Has allegations

According to tvn24.pl, the prosecutor of the District Prosecutor's Office in Krakow, Mariusz Boroń, former Juvenia coach Łukasz K. heard the allegations of “bringing two victims to another sexual act, former players of this club”.

It is a crime from article 199 of the Penal Code, which speaks of “sexual abuse of relationship or critical location.” This act is punishable by up to three years in prison. In addition, if he was committed to the detriment of a minor, the penalty may be imprisoned from three months to five years. The victims were at the time 16 and 17 years old.

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– The man did not admit to committing these acts to the detriment of the victims. Exercised the right to refuse to explain. At present, the prosecutor is waiting for the opinions of expert psychiatrists and an expert sexologist – prosecutor Boroń told us.

Angelika Pitoń from “Gazeta Wyborcza” described the shocking matter. The scandal was to take place during the training camp in Białka Tatrzańska in the summer of 2021. Young girls lived with the highest level of sports career because they had a chance to call to the Polish national team.

According to the report of 21-year-old women, coach Łukasz K. took the players for thermal and bought alcohol. After leaving the pools, he continued to get them off.

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“I was already cut off (…). I don't know how it happened, but he told us to sit on my knees. I was very unconscious. He put my hand under my shirt. I wanted to go down (…) My hand under the blouse, to say that I have a warm back, urged me to give him a mouth in my mouth, he was admitted to me. I am excited about my body. puppet.

The situations began to repeat themselves, so in 2022 the players left the club and told about everything the school psychologist and the management of the school of the sports championship they went to. The school immediately released the coach, and the police and the prosecutor's office dealt with the case. Information about the behavior of Łukasz K. also went to the authorities of Juvenia and the Polish Association of Rugby.

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According to the authorities of Juvenia Kraków, representatives of the club found out about the charges against the man in mid -2022. The statement reads that the coach was “removed from conducting all classes with children and young people”, and “players who wanted to continue the game were allowed to be transferred to clubs from other cities.”

“Even before the judgment was issued by the District Court in Krakow, the coach of which the case concerns was removed from all activities and removed from the club's structures,” Juvenia informed in response to media reports. The verdict in question was passed in October 2023. Łukasz K. was sentenced to drunk juvenile. The court stated that he gave them alcohol at least six times, not only in Białka, but also on tournaments, for example. He got a fine and a two -year ban on working with young people.

Łukasz K. Long after moving him away from classes, he appeared in the pictures posted on the club's website. In May 2023, he posed for photography with a group of young players, at other times he raised the winning cup up. In what role did he perform at the competition? It is not known. – He did not go, he did not stay there on the command and for the club's money. How did he get there? I do not rule out that he himself bought accommodation in places where we were (…). He is an adult, he cannot be forbidden to come to the match – said Kajetan Cyganik club spokesman.

And this is how the Polish Rugby Association responded to the journalist: “no ban on Łukasz K. on tournaments, so PZR has no legal measures to enforce his removal from the facility.”

The authorities of Juvenia Kraków and the Polish Rugby Association referred to the findings of Angelika Pitoń.

“In a situation that also affected us, the club performed all the necessary actions, and also through parents assisted the players who reported abuse from the coach” – we read in the communication of the Krakow club, under which his spokesman Kajetan Cyganik signed. It also emphasized that in 2022, after receiving information in this matter, representatives of the club “immediately arranged a meeting with the management and a school psychologist. Then, before the end of February In March, the Juvenia authorities organized a meeting with their parents in the club to inform them about The situation and to convey what activities the club took in connection with the situation.

“The club has never been a party to any proceedings related to the events described in the article, he did not have access to evidence. District Prosecutor's Office in Krakow ” – wrote in a statement Kajetan Cyganik.

Magdalena Korona, a rugby trainer who intervened in the matter of victims in PZR, assessed in social media that the Polish Rugby Association did nothing, “to block the further coaching work of Łukasz K.” And “to support girls”. Korona added that a few months after her notification, the relationship even appointed K. as the coach of the Polish national team U16 boys.

In its statement, the Polish Rugby Association admitted directly: “We are aware that the system of preventing such events at that time may have been insufficient, and part of the sports environment could have the impression of too slow or incomplete to react to emerging reports.”

“For our part, we apologize to everyone who felt disappointed or unwashed. We would like to emphasize that supporting all people involved in sport – especially underage – remains a key issue for us” – emphasized in the statement the PZR management board, expressing “deep regret that the situation occurred undermining trust in the entire rugby community in Poland. “

At the same time, PZR informed that the union decided to “review the current procedures and structure the system of preventing violations more strongly.” The statement shows that the relationship before the entry into force in 2024 of the minor protection standards conducted “the obligation to verify people working in PZR structures annual”, while the above -mentioned standards describe, among others “Procedures for interventions in a situation of suspected harmful of minors.”

In the near future – we read further in the position of the Union – PZR, among others He will conduct trainings of trainers and activists in the field of dealing with children and youth and will introduce an anonymous reporting procedure.

“All these actions are aimed at ensuring that similar situations will not take place in the future, and if they already happen – they will be efficiently detected, explained and resolved in accordance with the law. We can assure you on the part of PZR that all allegations regarding the harm of minors are and are and They will be treated extremely seriously in the future, “the organization's authorities assured.

Representatives of the Polish Rugby Association until the publication of the article did not answer our questions about, among others Łukasz K.'s coaching license and in what character he appeared at sports events after reporting on the suspicion of the coach's scandalous behavior.