Polish archbishop resigns in spying row

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Polish archbishop resigns in spying row

January 7, 2007 - 6:25 PM

By Natalia Reiter and Chris Johnson

WARSAW (Reuters) - The newly appointed archbishop of Warsaw resigned on Sunday after admitting he spied for Poland's former communist regime, in a major embarrassment for the Vatican and the powerful Polish Catholic Church.

Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus read out his resignation, which came at the request of Pope Benedict who appointed him just a month ago, at a special mass in Warsaw Cathedral replacing a formal ceremony that was to have sworn him in ...

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