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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Marek Strzelecki and Kacper Pempel

Poland's ruling nationalists push John Paul II's legacy to election centre stage

A giant statue of Pope John Paul II stands in Czestochowa, Poland, March 14, 2023. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

A controversy over John Paul II's legacy looks set to spur some undecided voters in Polish elections due by November, political analysts say, as allegations that the late pope concealed child abuse deepen rifts in the predominantly Catholic country.

Claims in a new book and TV documentary that the late pope, born Karol Wojtyla, knowingly hid clerical paedophilia scandals as archbishop of Krakow have led some Poles to demand that his legacy be reassessed.

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