Bishop apologises for priest's child abuse

Priest found guilty of gross indecency with child in Jersey

Jersey Police say the victim showed "a tremendous amount of courage" to report the abuse.

Bishop apologises after sexual abuse by Catholic priest who used position in church to groom victim - Jersey Evening Post

A BISHOP has apologised for the sexual abuse carried out by a Catholic priest against a child in Jersey and claimed “robust” safeguards are in place in the church. Philip Egan, the Bishop of Portsmouth, was commenting following the conviction of Piotr Glas, a former parish priest in the Island – which falls under the Diocese of Portsmouth. Glas was this week found guilty of three counts of committing gross indecency against a child following a s…

Catholic priest found guilty of historic sexual abuse against child in Jersey

Jersey’s Royal Court has found a former Catholic priest guilty on three counts of gross indecency with a child. Piotr Antoni Glas, 61, committed his crimes on multiple occasions against a teenage boy between 2004 and 2007. There were cries from the public dock when the guilty verdicts were read out, after an eight-day trial. The officer in charge of the investigation, Detective Constable Caroline Foord, said: “This case highlights the serious nat

A Polish priest, Piotr Glas, from the English diocese of Portsmouth, was found guilty yesterday of lewd acts towards a child in connection with a foot fetish. A jury at the Saint Helier court on the island of Jersey ruled on three charges, acquitting the accused on two. The court had previously dismissed three other charges. The offences occurred while the priest was a pastor. The article Great Britain: Fr Piotr Glas found guilty, the diocese ap…

Another court has negatively assessed the application for clemency of Fr. Marek W. This means that the clergyman has no chance of leaving prison for now — Onet learns. A priest from the Archdiocese of Kraków has been convicted of long-term sexual abuse of his niece.