– What you have uncovered is groundbreaking because it shows what many people have suspected for years: that John Paul II knew the problem existed even before he became pope. He must have known, but there was no evidence. And this is evidence,” says Thomas Doyle, a canon lawyer and author of the first American report on sexual abuse in the Church, unequivocally assessing the findings of Marcin Gutowski’s journalistic investigation.
For two and a half years, “Czarno na białym” reporter Marcin Gutowski searched for answers to the question of what John Paul II knew about pedophile scandals in the Church. He spoke with victims of the pedophile priests under his authority, their relatives, witnesses, and people who personally informed Cardinal Wojtyła about crimes committed by priests under his authority. He also reached official Church documents confirming Wojtyła’s actions and omissions.
“Franciszkańska 3” is the seventh part of the Bielmo series. Premiere today, Monday, at 8:30 p.m. on the “Czarno na Białym” program on TVN24.