Archbishop faces allegations of sexual misconduct

The Vatican will probably recall archbishop Juliusz Paetz from his post following a report in Rzeczpospolita's Saturday edition that the Poznan archbishop had molested young priests and seminarians. Rumors about his sexual misconduct first began to surface in early 2000, but despite pleas from high-ranking church officials as well as university professors, the archbishop would not change his conduct. Finally, half a year ago the news reached the Pope, who sent two envoys to investigate the matter. On Saturday, Papal representative archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk went to Poznan and talked to Paetz, reportedly asking him to resign voluntarily. TV channel TVP reported yesterday that a decision on Paetz's dismissal has already been made and could be announced as early as today. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1; Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) T.J.