
The District Prosecutor's Office in Szczecin filed an indictment against the priest for events from 10 years ago.
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The investigation concerns events from 10 years ago, when the accused served in a parish in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The accused Janusz Z. is 62 years old and a priest. The investigation into the case was initiated in 2025, but it concerns events that took place 10 years earlier.
The accused provided pastoral service in a parish in one of the cities of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Then the accused met the injured party, who was an altar boy in the same parish. The perpetrator committed other sexual acts against the teenager while giving the victim individual lessons and tutoring, said Julia Szozda, spokeswoman for the District Prosecutor's Office in Szczecin.
The man was accused of committing other sexual acts to the detriment of a minor under 15. This act is punishable by 2 to 15 years in prison. "The perpetrator, acting in a continuous manner, undertaken at short intervals in execution of a predetermined intention, committed other sexual acts against the altar boy," the prosecutor's office said.
The priest has not been punished so far
Investigators also informed that the accused had not been punished in court so far. He pleaded not guilty to committing the offense he was accused of. The case of Father Janusz Z. was described in the media last year, pointing out that it was a priest from the Order of Christ who previously served in the United States and was "exiled" to Poland because he was suspected of "inappropriate behavior" during his stay in the United States.

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