The former vicar of one of the parishes in Podkarpacie stood in court for harassment of minors, consolidating their naked images, having pornographic photos involving a child and violating his bodily integrity. Five boys are injured, two of whom were not 15 years old.
Before the District Court in Rzeszów, the trial of a 34-year-old priest, a former vicar in one of the parishes in Podkarpacie, began.
The court excluded in the part of the trial. However, he allowed the media to hear the indictment and the accused's reference to the allegations.
Allegations for a priest
The priest was brought to the trial from the detention center, in which he has been staying from May 2024. He entered the courtroom led by policemen. He had his legs and hands with handcuffs, but in the courtroom, the judge turned to the policemen about the crushing of the accused.
In the course of the investigation, the prosecutor's office charged him with crimes against freedom and against sexual freedom and customs to the detriment of five victims. When the man was supposed to be alleged, the deeds of two minors were under 15 years old, and the others were 16 years old.
As the prosecutor's office informed at the time of the indictment to the court, the acts accused of the priest consisted in bringing the victims to surrender to other sexual activities, consolidating their naked images, as well as having pornographic content involving a minor and violating his bodily integrity.
According to the indictment, the priest urged the boys, under the pretext of weighing them and measuring their muscles, to undress naked, and then took them a phone photo. Otherwise, he was looking for a naked body of the victim, which he could bring from a walk.
The most serious of the accused of the accused is a crime with a prison sentence for a time not shorter in three years.
Due to the nature of the case and the interests of the victims who want to maintain anonymity, the prosecutor's office did not provide the details of the case.
He confessed to some of the charges
The priest at the hearing confessed in part to the accused of the deeds – to consolidate the naked images of boys. However, during the prosecutor's investigation, the former vicar did not admit to committing the alleged acts, he refused to explain and answer questions.
The priest was detained in May 2024 and was arrested. Two days later, the Rzeszów Curia informed about the dismissal of the priest from the function and suspension of him in pastoral ministry.
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