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Vatican arrests former archbishop over paedophilia charges

Jozef Wesolowski is under house arrest inside the Vatican
Jozef Wesolowski is under house arrest inside the Vatican

The Vatican has said it has arrested a former archbishop who is accused of paying for sex with children while he was a papal ambassador in the Dominican Republic.
              
Jozef Wesolowski, originally from Poland, is under house arrest inside the city state, the Vatican said in a statement.

He was defrocked by a Vatican tribunal earlier this year and is awaiting trial on criminal charges.