Church's leading media expert, Bishop Jan Chrapek, killed in car crash

Prominent bishop Jan Chrapek was killed in a car accident near Warsaw yester day, when his Volkswagen Golf crashed into a truck. Chrapek, 53, was a leadi ng figure in media circles, having himself once served as editor-in-chief of the monthly Powsciagliwosc i Praca (Restraint and Work). He also lectured on media at Kardynal Wyszynski and Warsaw Universities. Last year he was electe d to the Public Media Episcopal Committee. He was also a member of the Europ ean Episcopal Conference on the Media, and was responsible for church media in Eastern Europe. In recent years he has become known as the chief coordina tor of the Pope's visits to Poland. His motto was, "Walk through your life i n a way that your footsteps outlive you". (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1; Rzeczpospo lita, p. A2) J.K.