After reports of a sex party of a Catholic priest, the Vatican has accepted the resignation of the responsible bishop. The Pope has accepted the resignation of Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. No reasons were given. Polish media had previously reported on several scandals in the southern Polish diocese of Sosnowiec.
Kaszak's diocese in southwestern Poland has been embroiled in scandal since reports surfaced in September of an at a priest's home in the town of Dabrowa Gornicza.
For example, a clergyman had ordered a male prostitute to hold a sex party. This became known because the gigolo lost consciousness on the spot and the emergency doctor had to come. When emergency services arrived, they were denied entry and were unable to treat the man until police were called, media reports said.
The diocese subsequently commented on its website: "Father Tomasz Z. and two other non-clerics are guilty of a serious violation of moral norms, which the Church strongly condemns," it said. The incident had upset many believers and rightly caused public outrage.
Bishop Kaszak himself informed the parishioners of his resignation and asked them for forgiveness for his "human weaknesses". Previously, the diocese had already made headlines because the head of the seminary had attracted attention during sexual intercourse in a club for homosexuals.
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