Szymon Piegza is a polish journalist and editor at Onet.pl. He is also a contributor to Newsweek.pl, Holistic.News, and Forbes.pl.

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Pope John Paul II, right, with Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado at the Vatican in 2004 (CNS/Reuters/Tony Gentile)

Poland's Cardinal Dziwisz denies knowledge of abuse complaint, Maciel's crimes

Accountability
World
Nov 3, 2020

Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, the influential former long-time personal secretary of Pope John Paul II, is denying a priest's accusation that he covered up a case of clerical abuse in 2012.

Janusz Szymik claims that between the years of 1984 and 1989 he was sexually abused almost 500 times by Fr. Jan Wodniak in the village of Międzybrodzie Bialskie, Poland, about two hours southeast of Krakow. Pictured is the church in Międzybrodzie Bialskie

Poland's powerful Cardinal Dziwisz accused of covering up abuse case

Accountability
World
Oct 15, 2020

Janusz Szymik claims that between the years of 1984 and 1989 he was sexually abused almost 500 times by Fr. Jan Wodniak in a Polish village about two hours southeast of Krakow. He reported it in 1993 but is still waiting for justice.