Archbishop Scicluna to visit
Poland amid abuse crisis
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| Archbishop Charles Scicluna |
The Bishops of Poland invite Archbishop Charles Scicluna to
hold a study day on the protection of young people and children. His visit
comes amid public outcry over a documentary on clerical abuse.
By Vatican News
“The Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, Archbishop Salvatore
Pennacchio, has expressed the closeness and solidarity of the Holy Father
towards victims of abuse,” according to the ad interim Director of the Holy See
Press Office, Alessandro Gisotti, who was responding to questions put to
him by reporters on Friday.
Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Adjunct Secretary of the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is set to visit Poland in
June at the request of the Polish Bishops.
In 2018, the country's Bishops invited him to conduct a
study day on the protection of minors during the Plenary Assembly of the Polish
Bishops' Conference, on June 13th, in Swidnica.
Archbishop Scicluna's visit comes on the heels of
a recently-released documentary which has provoked public debate about
clerical sexual abuse in the country, though the invitation was extended months
ago.
“Tell No One” contains testimony from men and women who say
they were molested or raped by priests when they were minors.
Archbishop Wojciech Polak, of Gniezno, told a TV program on
Thursday that the revelations will help to cleanse the Church, and has
apologized to victims.
“If the Church is currently going through difficulties,
serious challenges, even a crisis, they all serve the Church’s cleansing,” he
told TVN24.
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