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Warsaw archbishop asks Vatican to defrock Polish priest charged with the killing of a homeless man
- Warsaw Archbishop Adrian Galbas requested the Vatican to dismiss a Polish priest from the priesthood, the highest penalty in canon law, after the priest was charged with murdering a homeless man with particular cruelty.
- Prosecutors charged the priest, identified only as Miroslaw M. due to privacy rules, with the murder, alleging he struck the victim on the head with an ax, doused him in flammable liquid, and set him on fire after an argument stemmed from a donation agreement.
- An autopsy showed the victim suffered burns covering 80% of his body and head injuries caused by a sharp-edged heavy object, and the archbishop said he was "devastated" by the crime and pledged to cooperate with investigators.
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Polish archbishop asks Vatican to laicize priest accused of murder
Warsaw, Poland Archbishop Adrian Galbas. / Credit: SILESIA FLESZ TVS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 28, 2025 / 15:50 pm (CNA). Archbishop Adrian Galbas of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to laicize a priest accused of murdering a homeless man. The prelate said he was “devastated” by the news of the murder.“Due to the gravity of the crime and the great public outrage, the metropolitan of Warsaw, Archbishop Adrian Ga…
The archbishop of the Polish capital, Warsaw, asked the Vatican to expel a 60-year-old priest identified as Mirosław M., who was accused of killing a man in the street in the Grójec district. According to reports by Associated Press, the Radom District Prosecutor's Office accuses the religious of having beaten the victim - named Anatol Cz. - with an axe to later incinerate his body on Thursday, July 24. Polish media Polsat News gave light on the…
The Archbishop of Warsaw, in Poland, has asked the Vatican to expel a priest accused of murdering a 68-year-old street man, who was beaten with an axe and burned.On Saturday, July 26, prosecutors accused the priest, identified only as Mirosław M., according to Polish privacy regulations, of murder with particular cruelty.He is detained awaiting trial and faces a 15-year sentence of life imprisonment behind bars. Investigators say that the priest…
Warsaw archbishop asks Vatican to defrock Polish priest charged with the killing of a homeless man
The archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to defrock a priest charged with the killing of a 68-year-old homeless man who was beaten with an ax and set on fire. Prosecutors on Saturday charged the priest, only identified as Mirosław M. in line with Polish privacy rules, with murder with particular cruelty. He is being detained ahead of a trial and faces 15 years to life behind bars.
On Friday, the investigators arrest a Polish priest. It is about a cruel murder of a homeless person. The Warsaw Archbishop Galbas asks for forgiveness.
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Warsaw archbishop asks Vatican to defrock Polish priest charged with the killing of a homeless man
The archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to defrock a priest charged with the killing of a 68-year-old homeless man who was beaten with an ax and set on fire.
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