A terrifying study! Priests in Poland feel threatened

Nearly 50 percent of priests surveyed by the Institute of Statistics of the Catholic Church experienced aggression in the last twelve months.

Nearly 50% of surveyed priests experienced aggression in the last 12 months - according to a study conducted by the Institute of Statistics of the Catholic Church. Most of them, slightly over 41%, experienced mockery, threats and insults, and almost 20% indicated attacks on religious buildings. The conclusion from the study is also that the level of aggression against clergy in Poland is increasing.

The Catholic Church Statistics Institute published a report titled “A Dangerous Mission.” ISKK experts looked at the issue of “aggression against clergy”. What conclusions did they draw?

Attacks on priests are primarily verbal aggression, but also physical - according to the ISKK report published on April 3, 2025 in Warsaw. The article Half of the surveyed priests in Poland have recently experienced aggression comes from the website Wszystko co końca.

– This is the first study of its kind conducted in Poland. It is an attempt to analyze a very difficult and new phenomenon, which is aggression against priests, clergy and places of worship – this is how Father Leszek Gęsiak, spokesman for the Polish Episcopal Conference, described the study conducted by the Institute of Statistics of the Catholic Church. Today, the details of the report “A dangerous mission? Aggression” were presented at the Se…