Pope Francis accepts resignation of Polish bishop after sex party scandal in diocese

His diocese has been in the spotlight again after one of his priests was placed under criminal investigation over an August 30-31 incident at his apartment in Dabrowa Gornicza that allegedly involved a male prostitute

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The pope has accepted the resignation of a Polish bishop whose diocese has been rocked by reports of a sex party involving a male prostitute in a priest’s apartment, as well as previous violent incidents involving his clergy.

The Vatican gave no reason for why Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak was resigning as head of the diocese of Sosnowiec, in south-western Poland. At 59, he is several years short of the normal retirement age of 75.