Sex parties drugs and gay escorts at the popes residence

But his diocese has been in the spotlight again after one of his priests was placed under criminal investigation for an Aug. Polish media reported that one of the participants of a sex party at the home collapsed after overdosing on erectile dysfunction pills. John Paul II. For several years now, Polish society has been undergoing a fast process of secularization, with many people rejecting the church and some even taking steps to leave it formally.

Pope Francis moved with unusual speed to remove Kaszak after the bishop said he offered to resign on Sept. Inthe then-acting rector of the Sosnowiec seminary allegedly got into a scuffle at a gay club but was allowed to remain in his job for over a year even after the case was publicized by Polish media.

Pope forced to accept bishop's resignation over gay sex party where man overdosed

The Holy See finally intervened and dissolved the seminary altogether, according to the PAP news agency. Prosecutors said the two had been in a conflictual relationship for some time and that the priest had sent the deacon threatening messages, PAP reported. In a statement Tuesday, Kaszak said he had asked the pope to let him resign in a letter on Sept.

Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The diocese, which identified the priest involved in the incident as Fr. Tomasz Z. Kaszak dismissed the priest from all functions on Sept. Polish tabloid Fakt published what it said was the audio recording of the call one of the participants made to police.

In it, the person said he had been kicked out of the apartment and begged for paramedics to come, weeping at one point and saying his friend was foaming at the mouth after having ingested drugs. The Vatican embassy in Poland said a temporary administrator, Archbishop Adrian Galbas of Katowice, would run the diocese of Sosnowiec until a new bishop is named.

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