She was accused of offending religious feelings and maliciously interfering with the public performance of a religious act.
She was accused of offending religious feelings and maliciously interfering with the public performance of a religious act.
Offending religious feelings is a crime in Poland that carries a prison sentence of up to two years.
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“Poland is the last country in which the church is not waving the white flag,” says Przemysław Czarnek.
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki notes that infections have fallen significantly and other restrictions are being removed.
He also criticised a German supermarket for evading Poland’s Sunday trading ban and praised the government for its Covid response.
A monk ordered it to be hidden when the Germans began seizing bells to melt them down for metal.
People “misunderstand freedom as debauchery”, but they can be saved by “surrendering to Jesus”.
During the class at a public school he described homosexuality as an “illness” and outlined various “treatments”.
They were produced using cell lines derived from aborted foetuses.
The annual event was confined to a mass for motorcyclists.
The police said the gathering was “unlawful”, but the church lodged a complaint.
Some opposition figures have criticised the decision not to introduce tougher restrictions.
They showed “negligence in cases of sexual abuse committed by clergy against minors”.
Poland recorded its highest ever number of new infections today.