“Do you remember Bishop Janiak from the film by the Sekielski brothers? which the Vatican recently removed from running the Kalisz diocese and who hid pedophiles. The prosecutor’s office decided that despite the bishop hiding pedophiles, there was nothing to investigate “- she wrote Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus on your Twitter account. The deputy also attached a photo of the document refusing the prosecution.
According to the published notice prosecutors Office refused to initiate an investigation into “finding that there are no indications of a prohibited act”. Deputy Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus notified the prosecutor’s office in connection with the information that Bishop Edward Janiak, having knowledge of sexual abuse of children by other clergymen, did not notify law enforcement authorities in this case.
The prosecutor’s office will not deal with the case of Bishop Edward Janiak. The clergyman appeared in two films by the Sekielski brothers about covering up pedophilia in the Church
Bishop Edward Janiak was one of the heroes of the Sekielski brothers’ documentary “Zabawa w chowania”. In the material, journalists presented evidence that the hierarch had knowledge of sexual crimes committed by his subordinate priests. Instead of reporting the cases to law enforcement, he had to cover them up many times. This concerned, inter alia, Father Arkadiusz Hajdaszwho is accused of molesting underage boys.
The character of the bishop also appeared in the first film Sekielskich on pedophilia in the Church – “Just do not tell anyone“There, the journalists took care of the case Father Paweł Kania, which already in 2005 was stopped by policebecause he was offering three boys money for sexual services. After this, the clergyman was transferred to other parishes. In Bydgoszcz, he even looked after altar boys and taught religion. In 2009, the curate and the priest sacrificed the case of Paweł Kania to Bishop Janiak. It had no effect, however. It was not until 2010 that a priest was convicted of possessing child pornography, and in 2015 of raping and molesting minors.
