Polish diocese demands state co-pay abuse damages — priest was a communist-era secret informant

Father Jan Wodniak sexually abused a server at his parish for years and was registered as a secret informant of the communist-era Security Service. The diocese, sued by the now-adult victim, is demanding the Polish state treasury be included as a co-defendant, citing the priest's past collaboration with the secret police. The case reveals a new legal defence strategy used by Church institutions in clerical abuse lawsuits.

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