{"id":58582,"date":"2025-10-16T17:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T17:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=58582"},"modified":"2025-10-16T17:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T17:14:37","slug":"im-devastated-polish-archbishop-asks-vatican-to-laicize-priest-accused-of-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/im-devastated-polish-archbishop-asks-vatican-to-laicize-priest-accused-of-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Estou devastado\u2019: Arcebispo polaco pede ao Vaticano a laiciza\u00e7\u00e3o de padre acusado de homic\u00eddio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Warsaw, Poland Archbishop Adrian Galbas. \/ Credit: SILESIA FLESZ TVS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 28, 2025 \/ 15:50 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n

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 \u201cdevastated\u201d by the news of the murder.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the gravity of the crime and the great public outrage, the metropolitan of Warsaw, Archbishop Adrian Galbas, immediately requests the Holy See to impose the highest penalty provided for in canon law for a cleric: dismissal from the priesthood,\u201d reads a July 26 declara\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a> from the Archdiocese of Warsaw.<\/p>\n

The text indicates that the request is based on the provisions of sections 1 and 3 of Canon 1397<\/a> of the Code of Canon Law, which stipulate that if a cleric commits homicide or kidnapping, \u201che must be dismissed from the clerical state.\u201d<\/p>\n

De acordo com a news site<\/a> of the German Bishops\u2019 Conference, the accused priest has already been arrested by Polish police and has confessed to the crime.<\/p>\n

After noting that this is \u201cthe highest possible sanction in relation to the clerical status,\u201d the Archdiocese of Warsaw stated that the Church will cooperate with the authorities \u201cto clarify all the circumstances of this crime and awaits a just and appropriate punishment imposed by the state court.\u201d<\/p>\n

The archdiocese also stated that as of July 25, Father Miroslaw M., the priest accused of murder and identified as such under Polish privacy laws, has been replaced as pastor of the parish in the village of Przypki.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor\u2019s office explains events<\/h2>\n

De acordo com a Associated Press<\/a>, the prosecutor\u2019s office charged the priest with \u201cmurder with particular cruelty\u201d following the death of a 68-year-old homeless man. The priest faces a sentence of 15 years to life in prison.<\/p>\n

The priest and the victim, Anatol Cz., were in a car the night of Thursday, July 24, when they argued, according to Aneta G\u00f3\u017ad\u017a, a spokeswoman for the Radom District Prosecutor\u2019s Office. The argument stemmed from an agreement in which the priest had agreed to provide assistance to the man.<\/p>\n

In the midst of the argument, the priest allegedly hit the victim in the head with an axe and then set him on fire. \u201cThe autopsy showed that the victim suffered burns covering 80% of his body and head injuries caused by a sharp-edged heavy object,\u201d G\u00f3\u017ad\u017a said.<\/p>\n

\u2018The blood of our murdered brother cries out to God\u2019<\/h2>\n

\u201cToday I have no words of comfort for you, much less an explanation or justification. I am devastated by the news that one of my priests brutally murdered a poor, homeless man. I have no answer to any question that begins with \u2018why?\u2019\u201d, the archbishop of Warsaw said in a July 25 comunicado.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI ask all the priests of the Archdiocese of Warsaw to begin their personal penance and prayer of atonement today. Next Sunday, let us do this together, after every Mass throughout the archdiocese,\u201d the prelate added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe blood of our murdered brother cries out to God. Let us beg God for forgiveness and let us beg for the forgiveness of others. I myself beg for this.\u201d<\/p>\n

After requesting prayers for the victim and his loved ones and reiterating that the archdiocese will cooperate with authorities to clarify what happened, the Polish prelate said that as the local archbishop, he feels \u201cmorally responsible for everything that happens in this Church \u2014 both good and the bad. Including this terrible crime. I apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n

Esta hist\u00f3ria <\/em>foi publicada pela primeira vez<\/em><\/a> por ACI Prensa, parceiro de not\u00edcias em espanhol da CNA. Foi traduzido e adaptado pela CNA.<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/265603\/i-m-devastated-polish-archbishop-asks-vatican-to-laicize-priest-accused-of-murder<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arcebispo de Vars\u00f3via, Pol\u00f3nia, Adrian Galbas. \/ Cr\u00e9dito: SILESIA FLESZ TVS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Equipa da ACI Prensa, 28 de jul. de 2025 \/ 15:50 (CNA). O arcebispo Adrian Galbas de Vars\u00f3via, Pol\u00f3nia, pediu ao Vaticano a laiciza\u00e7\u00e3o de um padre acusado de assassinar um sem-abrigo. O prelado disse estar \u201cdevastado\u201d com a not\u00edcia [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":66757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-58582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/%E2%80%98Im-devastated-Polish-archbishop-asks-Vatican-to-laicize-priest-accused-of-murder.webp?fit=800%2C640&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19799,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/what-has-the-catholic-church-said-about-medjugorje-a-timeline\/","url_meta":{"origin":58582,"position":0},"title":"What has the Catholic Church said about Medjugorje? 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