Poland
Priest celebrates sex party with call boy – Bishop resigns
A bishop of the Catholic Church
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A priest in Poland apparently hired a call boy for a sex party. Because this became known, the Catholic Church made serious allegations against the priest – and his bishop submitted his resignation.
In September, a clergyman ordered a male prostitute to hold a sex party. This became known because the man lost consciousness and the emergency doctor had to come.
“Serious violation of moral norms”
The diocese then commented on this on its website: “Father Tomasz Z. and two other non-clergy are guilty of a serious violation of moral norms, which the church strongly condemns,” it said. The incident upset many believers and rightly caused public outrage.
Bishop Kaszak himself informed the parishioners of his resignation and asked them to forgive him for his “human weaknesses.” The diocese had previously made headlines because the head of the seminary was noticed having sex in a club for homosexuals. In another case, a 46-year-old priest is said to have killed a deacon 20 years his junior and then thrown himself in front of a train.