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| Archbishop Jozef Michalik |
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Polish man who was abused as a child by a priest is suing the
country's Roman Catholic Church - the first such civil case in the
country.
The
man who is only identified as 25-year-old Marcin K - is demanding
($64,500 in damages. The priest has been convicted and is now serving
a two-year jail sentence. The church leadership apologized to all
child abuse victims last year, but insisted it would not pay damages
for the crimes of individual clergymen.
In
a report, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child also denounced
the Holy See for adopting policies which allowed priests to sexually
abuse thousands of children.
