"Speak to No One": New Sexual Abuse Documentary Shakes Church – 05/13/2019

A new documentary on the cases of minors victims of badual badault Catholic religious provoked a wave of reactions in Poland, with more than three million visits to the Internet in the first few hours after its publication.

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"Say nothing to anyone" is the title of this controversial documentary of the Sekielski brothers, which tells the story of several victims of badual abuse involving priests.

Among the victims is the testimony of a man who remembers Abused at the age of 12 by the priest Franciszek Cybula, who was confessor of the former Polish president and historic leader of Solidarity, Lech Walesa.

Disparate reactions

The reactions of the Catholic Church have oscillated among those who have is excused "for mistakes made"like the primate cardinal of Poland, Wojciech Polak, even those who avoided to pronounce "for not having seen the documentary", as the archbishop of Gdansk, Slawoj Glod.

"I am deeply moved by what I saw in the movie Sekielski. I apologize for each of the mistakes made by church members"Polak said, while the president of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Mgr. Stanisław Gądecki, thanked the director for the film and said that, at least in his experience," the situations presented in the documentary are consistent with what Many conversations with victims have been learned ".

"I am convinced that this film will help strengthen the protocol for the protection of children and young people in the Catholic Church," Gadecki added.

For his part, the Archbishop of Krakow, Marek Jedraszewski, described the film as a means of "make miserable policies based on lies".

At the same time, Lech Walesa said Monday ignoring the facts about Cybula recounted in the documentary and he regretted having "bad confessors"; At the same time, he asked the Catholic hierarchy to act with determination to tackle the problem of badual abuse within the Church.

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The leader of the ruling party in Poland, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, of the conservative and nationalist group of law and justice, also reacted to this documentary and badured that his training was preparing amendments to the penal code aimed at strengthening the sanctions applicable to the abuses. badual abuse of children.

"Predictable sentences will go to 30 years in prison", said Kaczynski, who launched the announcement during the election campaign (the European elections will be held on May 26).

Currently, badual abuse of children under 15 is punishable in Poland 12 years in prison.

Last October, another controversial film, "Kler" ("the clergy"), tackled the problems of child abuse, relationships, corruption, greed and alcoholism at the heart of the world. 39; Polish Catholic Church, without complexes, until becoming in the film with the most viewers in Poland until this century.

Source: EFE