### [2015-06-15](/feed/2015/06/15/index.md)

##### The Vatican to hold first paedophilia trial
# The Vatican announces that the first hearing in the trial of Józef Wesołowski, a former papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic and a Polish former prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, is scheduled for July 11. 

The Vatican orders the trial of a former archbishop over paedophilia charges.


### Sources:

1. [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-15/vatican-to-hold-first-trial-of-senior-cleric-for-paedophilia/6548170) [Image](https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/5764946-16x9-700x394.jpg)
2. [NPR](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/15/414590808/vatican-prosecutor-indicts-defrocked-priest-on-pedophilia-charges)