Archbishop’s computer contained over 100,000 child porn files

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More than 100,000 child porn videos and photos have
been found on the computer of former Archbishop Jozef
Wesolowski, who is also accused of raping numerous children in the
Dominican Republic and Poland.

Wesolowski, currently under house arrest at the Vatican, is one
of the highest-ranking church officials to be accused of
sexually abusing children during the Catholic Church’s widespread
and costly sexual abuse scandal.

The videos and photos of child pornography were stored on a
computer in the office at the Holy See diplomatic compound in the
Dominican Republic, where Wesolowski served as papal nuncio in
Santo Domingo.

After being publicly accused of procuring child prostitutes last
year, Wesolowski was secretly removed from his post as
papal nuncio in Santo Domingo by Vatican officials hoping to avoid
an embarrassing public prosecution.

Authorities in the Dominican Republic have
been calling for Wesolowski’s extradition: a court there
has opened a case against the former Vatican ambassador, and the
attorney general wants to criminally charge Wesolowski.

Officials in Poland, Wesolowski’s country of origin, and where
he has also been accused of sexually abusing children, are also
calling for his extradition.

According to Vatican detectives, some of
the horrors found on the former Archbishop’s computer
included around 160 videos showing teenage boys forced to perform
sexual acts on themselves and on adults, and more than 86,000
pornographic photos which were methodically archived in several
category-based folders.

Investigators said that at least another 45,000 pictures were
deleted, while even more child pornography was found on a
laptop Wesolowski used during his trips abroad.

Late last month Weslowski was placed under house arrest at the
Vatican in response to popular outrage
after reports began to circulate that the accused child
rapist was free to wander the streets of Rome nearly a year after
being secretly recalled from the Dominican Republic by the Vatican
in order to avoid criminal prosecution there.

Vatican authorities claim they are now investigating whether
Wesolowski sexually abused children while serving in other posts
during his career. Previously he served in South Africa, Costa
Rica, Japan, Switzerland, India and Denmark.

Wesolowski has been charged with sexually abusing minors and
child porn possession. If convicted, Wesolowski faces 12
years in jail. His trial is expected to start in January.

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