The news about Pope John Paul II, the spiritual leader of the Catholics, shocked the world. It was reflected in the intelligence reports that Pope John Paul II knew and concealed child abuse. According to the news in Poland’s TVN24 channel, it was claimed that the priests under his administration knew about child abuse and tried to hide it while Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005, was the Archbishop of Krakow in his country, Poland.
“ONE OF THE VICTIMS INFORMED THE PAPA”
Journalist Marcin Gutowski shared his statements that one of the victims informed the Pope, while the Pope, who served as the Archbishop of Krakow between 1964 and 1978, was informed about the events in Poland’s intelligence records kept during communism.
In the news that the Pope sent 3 priests who were involved in child abuse in the 1970s to churches in different regions, one of which was in Austria, it was also stated that two of these priests were later imprisoned on charges of abuse.
It was stated that the Pope, who was the Archbishop of Krakow at the time, sent a letter to the Archbishop of Vienna to “Take care of him” for the priest Boleslaw Sadus, but did not specify whether Sadus was one of the priests involved in the abuse.
ALLEGED TO KNOW ABUSE BUT TRYING TO HIDE
In the news, it was claimed that 2nd Jean Paul, whose real name was known as Karol Wojtyla before he was elected Pope, knew about the abuses but tried to hide it.
John Paul II, who was elected pope in 1978 with the death of John Paul I, who had been the pope for only one month, continued this duty until 2005. Pope John Paul II was canonized in 2014 after his death.
“HE CAUSED NEW VICTIMS TO APPEAR”
In the news in the Dutch public broadcaster NOS in December 2022, journalist Ekke Overbeek announced that he had access to documents showing that the Pope did not dismiss a priest who was involved in abuse and was sentenced, and sent him to another region.
According to the information based on the roommate of the priest named Eugeniusz Surgent, who was accused of child abuse, Surgent repeated the abuse despite asking forgiveness for the child abuse in the letter he wrote to the Pope.
Commenting on the research, Overbeek said: “I found strong evidence that some priests abused children in the Archdiocese of Krakow. had used the words. (AA)