The Prosecutor’s Office of Sierpc has provided new information about the death of a 31-year-old man in the parish rectory of Drobin. The priest in whose apartment the man died was sober at the time of the incident. As part of the proceedings conducted there, no one has been charged so far and no one has been arrested. In turn, the Płock Curia reported that the priest was not only dismissed from his post as vicar, but also received a so-called canonical warning.
The incident occurred in the town of Drobin (Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship). On Saturday, September 7, in the evening, the body of a man was found in the rectory of the local parish.
The police arrived there after the incident was reported. They arrived at the scene the doctor declared the man dead.
As Marek Łasicki, district prosecutor of Sierpc, said on Friday as part of the proceedings conducted there No one has been charged so far and no one has been arrested.. At this stage, there is no reason for this. – he emphasized.
The investigation initiated concerns art. 155 of the Penal Code, that is causing litter unintentionallywhich is a standard procedure for the initial investigation of the circumstances of sudden deaths.
He noted that the deceased is a 31-year-old man, the last resident of the province. Lodź – Police previously reported that he was 29 years old at the time of his death.
Process. Łasicki noted that the autopsy examination initially showed that the cause of death was cardiorespiratory failure. The question now is to find out what caused this – he pointed.
As he noted, “we are currently awaiting the requested toxicological tests.” Depending on the results of these tests, we will carry out other activities. – added prosecutor Łasicki.
The head of the Sierpc district prosecutor’s office admitted that until now he was part of the investigation the vicar and the housekeeper were questioned as witnesseswho was staying at the Drobin rectory at the time. He added that the outcome of the trial shows that “the housekeeper, at the vicar’s request, called the emergency number” to ask for help for the 31-year-old.
When asked whether the vicar was tested for sobriety by local police, prosecutor Łasicki said: He was initially tested with a field sobriety test device, which showed no alcohol in his system.. He also noted that blood was also taken from the priest for further testing.
I would like to emphasize emphatically that We are not prosecuting a moral case, but a manslaughter case. – said the head of the Sierpc District Prosecutor’s Office.
Earlier, the District Prosecutor’s Office in Płock, to which the District Prosecutor’s Office in Sierpc reports, reported that “There is no indication that anyone contributed to this death”. No external traces were found on the man’s body, indicating that they could be related to his death. – the spokesman for the Płock District Prosecutor’s Office, prosecutor Bartosz Maliszewski, had previously stressed.
He also highlighted that before starting the investigation, a detailed inspection was carried out at the site where the man’s body was found in the rectory, where all traces were investigated.
As reported on Friday by the spokeswoman for the Płock Diocesan Curia, Dr. Elżbieta Grzybowska, the vicar who, after the death of the 31-year-old in his apartment at the rectory in Drobin, was dismissed from this position“he also received from the Bishop of Płock canonical warning“. The priest also has prohibition of the public celebration of the sacraments – added Grzybowska.
Previously, the Diocesan Curia of Płock reported that due to the “tragic event in the parish of Drobin”, in accordance with the Code of Canon Law, Bishop of Płock Szymon Stułkowski has appointed a team to clarify the caseand its purpose is to “examine the facts and circumstances, prepare documentation and, consequently, transmit it to the Holy See”. This team is already working – Grzybowska assured on Friday.
After the death of a 31-year-old man in the Drobin rectory The Diocesan Curia of Płock issued two statements. She reported, among other things, that “the priest was removed from his post as vicar and left the parish.” We confirm that we cooperated with the state authorities. We express our condolences to the family of the deceased. – the curia emphasized at the same time.
He also reported that “due to the discovery of the body of a dead man in the vicar’s apartment in the parish of Drobin”, immediately after receiving the information from the parish, that is, on Saturday, the Bishop of Płock went to the scene of the incident and “took measures to clarify this dramatic situation”.
We join in mourning with the family of the deceased. We express our deepest condolences and sadness for this tragedy. – emphasized the Diocesan Curia of Płock in its position.
He spoke about the death of the man in the Drobin rectory in recent days on Radio RMF24 Father Andrzej Kobylinskiphilosopher, ethicist at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University. He was a guest of Tomasz Terlikowski.
In Poland, the conspiracy of silence is much stronger than in other countries. So for now we see only the tip of the iceberg. However, the number of such stories (like the one from the rectory in Drobin – ed.) is still ahead of us in the coming years. I say this with responsibility because I know what happened in the diocesan and religious seminaries of Poland over the past 30 years, who was admitted to priestly ordination – he said.
You can find the interview HERE.
