Wesolowski, was arrested at the Vatican
earlier this week on charges that he paid to
have sex with minors when he was a papal
ambassador in the Dominican Republic
from 2008 to 2012
An Archbishop has been arrested by
Vatican detectives after analyzing his
computer and discovering over 86,000
pornographic photos and 160 sexually
explicit video files of children.
Raw Story » reports that investigators say
another 45,000 pictures had been deleted.
66-year-old former archbishop, Jozef Wesolowski,
was arrested at the Vatican earlier this week on
charges that he paid to have sex with minors
when he was a papal ambassador in the
Dominican Republic from 2008 to 2012.
Wesolowski is the first Vatican official to be
arrested within the city state on charges of
pedophilia.
The former archbishop was recalled to Rome by
the Vatican last year while still a diplomat in
Santo Domingo and relieved of his duties
following accusations from Dominican media that
he was paying for underaged sex partners.
Until earlier this week, he had been free to move
around Rome, but is now being held in in a small
room in the basement of the Collegio dei
Penitenzieri, which hosts the Vatican's court and
military police.
Vatican authorities are now investigating if
Wesolowski was part of a network of pedophiles
and whether he abused children in other posts
during his career.
Wesolowski previously served in South Africa,
Costa Rica, Japan, Switzerland, India and
Denmark.
If convicted, Wesolowski faces 12 years in jail in
the first trial for sexual abuse to be held inside the
Vatican City.
His trial is expected to start in January.
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