The Case of the Priest in Lithuania: 34 Episodes of Crimes Against Children, Seizure of Property

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After the prosecutor ' s office brought to court a case in which the priest of the Vilnius Archdiocese, Tadas Šwedavičius, was accused of crimes against 11 children and adolescents, the chief of the territories where he served, stated that they had received no complaints; they also claimed that they had not heard any talk about possible crimes that were believed to have continued for 23 years.

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The Prosecutor General's Office began an investigation into two priests who worked in the Vilnius Archdiocese in June 2024. Almost a year later, one of the priests, Tadas Švedavičius, was appointed pastor in another parish. Did the archdiocese leadership know about the possible crimes at that time? Why was the priest not suspended, but transferred to other positions? There are no answers to these questions - the Church of Lithuania does not prov…