News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]

Actually he did abuse his position by having sex with a teenager who was in his care and he admitted this in court. He's now believe it or not serving in a parish near Elblag.

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]

The media publicity about the RCC is due to several highly publicised cases where they'd covered up for people. I do agree with you though that any institutions with problems need investigating.

The big problem is that when the state are handing out compensation, it is a golden opportunity for the worst sort of person to lie and destroy people's lives to get a bit of cash.

Travel / Moving stuff from Krakow to Gdansk.. need to rent a van? Suggestions. [4]

Try car4rent.pl - they have larger vehicles or kangoor.pl who specialise in vans.

Maybe better to rent one with driver though. I used bagazowka.com

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]

Actually Greggs, the statute of limitations on Poland excludes alleged events older than 20 years, so neither church-run or community-run places pre-1995 are affected. In the UK there is no such statute, there is a culture of compensation, crime is falling and these are easy convictions for the police and prosecutors, there is an Australian law firm called Slater Gordon operating in the UK who are behind many of the high-profile cases you've heard about and 'trawling' for 'victims' (more accurately for allegations) is legal in the UK (a cash incentive for every other Jeremy Kyle chav) but not in Poland .That and the jury system who are more likely to convict in cases that would not pass the scrutiny of a Single Judge - this doesn't happen in PL.

As compensation culture grows (and Slater Gordon are allegedly sniffing around in PL) we can expect a tsunami of allegations, some doubtless true and others false. This will affect institutions whether or not they have any connection to religious bodies.

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]


The issue is more about how the RCC covered it up, protected offenders and gave them opportunities to offend again. They as a global organisation have admitted this.

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]

So that's a yes then. How would you improve vetting procedures for people (laymen, laywomen and clergy) who have unsupervised contact with minors.

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]

So Wulkan, are you denying there's a serious child abuse/child protection problem in Poland?

News / Chazan ruling a step towards normality in Poland [16]

This is a hugely positive step - sorts out the Chazan/Klauzula problem and will hopefully reduce the number of backstreet ones.


Very much so.


His ethnic compatriots meaning Polish people. Perhaps explains why he rejected, for example, an American for the job, though doubtless there were other reasons and as with the Chazan issue, quality, respectability and sanity are always issues.

He's a great man, and significant that the newspaper he edits sells many more copies among Poles than the one you took the original post from.

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]


That's an irrelevance - there are no such issues in Poland.


And that's not protection - a. no evidence that it works, b. some evidences that it makes them worse and c. this is one area where there is a significant incidence of false imprisonment and people released on appeal/judicial review.

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]

There is no such 'trend' in Poland. There are however very significant child protection issues here. What is your opinion on the clearance necessary to work with minors and on the recent cover-ups that the church has acknowledged here?

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]

No such party in Poland and there is no known correlation here between the ethnicity of any party involved. The lax child protection landscape, the acknowledged cover-ups in the RCC and the various issues to do with family services are a whole different issue.

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]

The issue is that the cover up was not just "a few cases" and in fact there is criminal liability of the part of the diocesan Curia in many dioceses (and it is many) where this happened. There are also very lax child protection procedures in Poland despite this and other scandals.

Language / Weekend vs Łikend [15]


Nothing. 100 years ago the word 'weekend' didn't exist in English either.

Law / Cash loan in Poland without PESEL [49]


Risk analysis. And banking issues in PL can be very hit and miss - a lot of luck involved. I've had both good and bad luck over the years. Millennium used to give credit to foreigners. Many don't though.

News / Chazan ruling a step towards normality in Poland [16]


Yes. The least he could have done is refer the patient to a doctor who could meet her needs.

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]

Another bare-faced lie, Pol3.

Unless you've got any reputable source to back up that little bit of attempted nastiness. Which you haven't.

Law / Cash loan in Poland without PESEL [49]


Yes, money talks, though all it ever said to me was "goodbye". :-)

Seriously, some banks are better than others at giving credit cards and overdraft facilities to foreigners. Most don't, however some (pre-credit crunch) certainly used to. A Karta Pobytu etc would be a minimum requirement. Even then, a lot depends on luck - a refusal is the most likely response.

I still think the OP should try in their home country - they are 99.9% more likely to be successful there.

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]


Actually the Masons (an organisation which unlike the RCC has no child protection issues) had much more to do with it. Why not read up on Polish history. I'm happy to drown you in facts however they would need to be in another thread.

Plenty of kids at today's Parada Rownosci with their parents. A much safer environment than being left unsupervised with random clergy.

Law / Can I use NIP from my home country (not from Poland)? [5]

WTF??

Can I pay for my shopping in zlotych in your home country?

Love / My Polish girlfriend is pregnant by cheating on me and wants this baby without my permission. Please help. [51]

The whole point being that it isn't a baby - not everyone wants to have one. Others do, and this is the dilemma faced by the OP.

Having said that, I do believe you have a valid point of view - anything to do with starting or not having a family is emotionally heavy.

Worth mentioning that in Poland there's a huge demand for babies (as opposed to non-sentient clusters of cells) for adoption. The ban on fertility treatment (by people who pretendent an embryo is a baby) has exacerbated that.

Love / My Polish girlfriend is pregnant by cheating on me and wants this baby without my permission. Please help. [51]

Reality. This beneficial procedure is a much cherished right that people had to fight for.

Love / My Polish girlfriend is pregnant by cheating on me and wants this baby without my permission. Please help. [51]

You're obviously entitled to your opinion; others do not all share that.

And meanwhile, demand for this harmless procedure increases.

Love / My Polish girlfriend is pregnant by cheating on me and wants this baby without my permission. Please help. [51]


No case to make - this is an area in which there are very different points of view. Some may get upset by the very thought of flushing a few cells out, others take a more pragmatic approach.

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]



Off topic, Pol3.

You really do have a preoccupation with this.


A body which have acknowledged their problems on a global level and which (though waning fast) have had an inflated role in Poland over the past couple of decades.

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]


This is key to it, and symptomatic of the wider problem.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]

And never forget 'Handcuffs' Macierewicz, a star PiSuarz who's probably lost them more votes over the years than a rainstorm on Election Day.

News / UAE's Emaar to Invest in Poland [26]


They do already.

Law / Do I need Polish company to employ someone? I have UK registered business. [4]


I went to a seminar on this once, organised by a law firm who specialise in it (don't remember the name, however if you want I can PM you with a name of a lawyer who was there and can point you in the right direction). There's still quite a bit of paperwork to register a branch office, however it's easier than, say, registering a limited company in Poland.

There are some tax advantages, however you should be aware that the tax office do pay special attention to people who've registered companies abroad to trade in PL.

News / Poland's fight against paedophilia [277]


A big issue, given the role (albeit waning) in of the RCC in small-town Poland.




Probably because that isn't the issue - no matter how much of your thoughts dwell on homosexuality. Most of the victims of paedophillia by the way are female.

Real Estate / Poland: Swiss Franc loans come back to bite [37]


The Polish government and the banks couldn't do that even if they tried.


Precisely.