Radical Catholic priest suspended over controversial crosses at Auschwitz

The office of Bishop Golebiewski cited ill health as the reason for sending Monsignor Ryszard Krol on sick leave. The suspension is the severest punishment imposed on a clergyman to date in the continuing row over the crosses. Krol, in an attempt to exonerate himself, said in a radio interview that he had risked his life to harbor Jews at the height of the Nazi terror. He added that he couldn't understand why the media was labeling him as an anti-semite. (Rzeczpospolita, Sept.28, page 9 Reuters)