Wesolowski dies, the first prelate who was to be tried for pedophilia

The terse Vatican statement reported that "in the early hours of this morning was found dead in his room at the Vatican Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, apostolic nuncio ex" and "immediately intervened Vatican authority to perform the first checks, which indicate that death was due to natural causes. "

A Franciscan who lives in the College of Penitentiaries, in the Vatican Gardens, and where Wesolowski, 67, lay awaiting trial, I found at 5:00 am hours local time the lifeless body of the prelate, sitting on a chair, with the TV on.

The poor health of the exnuncio in the Dominican Republic was known after it was released, but not the obligation to leave the Vatican state, "the timing out of custody and considering their health".

The Polish prelate had been arrested on September 22, 2014 at the Vatican and placed under house arrest in an unprecedented decision on the express orders of Pope Francisco in order to avoid "contamination of evidence" and their possible escape.


During the first hearing, which lasted only a few minutes, the five offenses for which he was accused, including accessing pornographic sites on the Internet, as well as possession of pederast materials both in Rome and met during his stay in the Caribbean Island he was nuncio from 2008-2013.