The Archdiocese of Warsaw requested the Vatican to expel a priest suspected of execution with peculiar cruelty from the priest's state. The Warsaw Metropolitan Archbishop Adrian Galbas demanded the highest punishment provided for in canon law. The clergyman was to kill a friend with an axe and then set fire to him alive.
A spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Warsaw priest Przemysław Śliwiński informed about the decision of the Warsaw metropolitan on Saturday afternoon. due to the gravity of the crime and the large social mischief, Archbishop Adrian Galbas immediately asks the Holy See to administer the highest punishment provided for in canon law. It is about expulsion from the priesthood in accordance with canon 1397 §3 of the Code of Canon Law.
«The highest punishment in canon law means the highest possible punishment for spiritual status. This does not mean, however, that the Church is limited to this sanction only, nor that the perpetrator will bear no another responsibility. The secular law and canon law operate in parallel: in the case of a crime of execution the criminal trial is conducted by the state, and the punishment is ruled by the court» - explained Sliwiński.
The Church declares full cooperation
The Archdiocese of Warsaw ensured full cooperation with investigative authorities and state justice. The aim is to clarify all the circumstances of this crime and to await a fair and adequate punishment ruled by a state court.
Because of the murder, a clergyman contracted a canonical irregularity, or obstacle to any priestly activity. 1 of its effects is the failure of the parish priest's office.
The parish in Apunks has a replacement
Since Friday morning, a replacement for the parish priest is provided in the parish in Przypki. Currently, the dean is liable for the functioning of the parish in consultation with the curia, which is the usual solution in the case erstwhile the parish lacks a parish priest.
«In a short time, the admin of the parish in Przypków will be appointed" - said priest Śliwiński. On Sunday, a peculiar message from Archbishop Adrian Galbas of Warsaw will be read in all churches of the Archdiocese of Warsaw during the Holy Mass. After each Holy Mass, an expiation service will be performed.
The charge of execution with peculiar cruelty
On Saturday, a suspected clergyman was brought to the territory Attorney's Office in Grójec. Investigators changed the execution charge filed against him on Friday to a execution charge with peculiar cruelty. The D.A. has announced that a motion has been filed to court for the temporary arrest of a man.
On Thursday night, there was to be an argument between men while driving. erstwhile the argument escalated, the clergyman was to remove the axe and hit her on the head of a friend. Then he would set fire to him while he was inactive alive and drive away.
The conflict active a donation agreement
In the background of the crime, there is simply a property donation agreement that the murdered had made earlier for the priest. The parish priest undertook to take care of a 68 - year - old for life, and in exchange for a donation, to take out a man who had no permanent residence, any place to live.
The conflict was most likely about choosing where the homeless would live. Investigators say the fishy confessed and expressed remorse.
(PAP) Note: This article was edited with Artificial Intelligence.
