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Hajdasz confessed to kissing and sexually touching the boy and was sentenced to three years in prison in the Pleshev court, local media reported.
The 52-year-old priest was also banned from working with children for ten years.
Bartlomy Pankowiak, who suffered in 2000, it was a decade ago that the priest ended two years of exploitation.
“I performed the act … I would like to sincerely and wholeheartedly apologize,” Hajdasz told reporters last week. – I understand what kind of damage I caused Mr. Bartolomé because of his human weakness, incompetence and sinfulness. “
The story of B. Pankowiak and his older brother Jakub, who also claims to have been sexually abused by this priest, is shown in a highly acclaimed documentary posted on the YouTube platform.
Marek Sekielski and his brother Tomasz’s documentary “Mysteries” (Polish: Zabawa w chowanego) has been watched by more than 8 million people. times and surprised Poland, where the sexual abuse of priests has long been considered an indisputable issue.
The film alleges that A. Hajdasz was transferred from one parish to another and has suffered sexual abuse for more than a quarter of a century, possibly under the guise of elders of the Polish Church.
Several others have also approached law enforcement agencies accusing Hajdasz of sexual abuse, but their accusations have now expired.
Jakub Pankowiak told AFP on Monday that “the most important thing is that the perpetrator confessed and was convicted.”
“This is another step to help victims regain their dignity and a warning to sexual harassers,” he said.
