Abuse survivor sues Kraków Archdiocese for PLN 20 million over years of priestly rape

Janusz Szymik, who was systematically raped by his parish priest in Międzybrodzie Bialskie over five years as a child, is suing the Kraków Archdiocese and parish for PLN 20 million in compensation before the Kraków Regional Court. He spent over two decades unsuccessfully seeking justice from Church superiors. Commentator Marcin Przeciszewski argues the verdict could set a landmark precedent for the Catholic Church's financial accountability for clerical sex crimes in Poland.

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