Two nuns who work at a care house have been charged by prosecutors after journalists documented widespread alleged abuse of disabled youngsters on the facility situated in Jordanów, a city of 5,000 in southern Poland.
The nuns allegedly tied youngsters to beds, locked them in cages, and beat them with a mop each day, in accordance with an investigation printed at present by information web site Wirtualna Polska, which additionally confirmed pictures and movies allegedly from contained in the care house.
💔💔💔 ‼️PODAJ DALEJ‼️ To nie Rosja, to nie Korea Północna. To Polska 2022. Zakonnice zamykają dzieci w klatce. Biją je. Wyzywają. To jest straszna historia, ale musicie ją poznać i podać dalej, żeby coś się zmieniło. Doceńcie naszą robotę z @DariuszFaron https://t.co/wTUpQ58dVM pic.twitter.com/VsHpFjRLam
— Szymon Jadczak (@SzJadczak) June 13, 2022
The web site additionally reported that youngsters had been referred to as names and humiliated. The nuns and a number of the lay caregivers allegedly addressed pupils with such phrases as “your mom is a prostitute” and “if you’re dangerous, you’ll get f***ing crushed up”.
The story got here to mild when former employees of the care house and oldsters of kids who had stayed there determined to inform journalists in regards to the abuse after one of many nuns allegedly beat a 13-year-old woman.
💔Ta dziewczynka każdego wieczoru była na wiele godzin przywiązywana do łóżka. Jak pies do budy. Tak wyglądała rzeczywistość w domu zakonnic pod Krakowem. https://t.co/wTUpQ58dVM pic.twitter.com/UOorjHl6qt
— Szymon Jadczak (@SzJadczak) June 13, 2022
Just a few hours after the unique story was printed, Wirtualna Polska reported that two of the nuns had heard costs in relation to data revealed within the investigation. The web site mentioned that prosecutors had been notified by the journalists in regards to the scenario final week.
The investigation had already been underway for a number of weeks, however following the web site’s notification, the investigators accelerated their proceedings, in accordance with Wirtualna Polska.
Pytam z @DariuszFaron zakonnicę Bronisławę G. dlaczego zamyka dzieci w klatce?
– Sąd nam pozwolił?
– Jaki sąd? – dopytuję.
– Jakiej klatce – odpowiada siostra.
A 20 godzin później już siedziała u prokuratura i słuchała zarzutów.https://t.co/6P9ZBN9r9s pic.twitter.com/6rlLmZIlV4— Szymon Jadczak (@SzJadczak) June 13, 2022
Sister Alberta – whose actual title is Bożena Okay., along with her surname hidden underneath Polish privateness regulation – has been charged with abusing at the very least one woman and violating the bodily integrity of one other youngster. Wirtualna Polska reviews that additional costs might quickly be added.
The director of the care house, Sister Bronisława, has additionally been charged with obstructing the investigation. Each nuns denied wrongdoing.
Preventive measures have quickly been launched in opposition to them. They aren’t allowed to contact the wronged events, different caregivers and staff of the care house. They’re additionally prohibited from coming into the ability or coming inside 50 metres of it. Sister Alberta moreover is not going to be allowed to work with youngsters.
Poland’s commissioner for human rights, Marcin Wiącek, has issued an announcement calling on the provincial authorities to take supervisory measures over the care house. A deputy justice minister, Michał Woś, instructed Wirtualna Polska that his division can be “rigorously checking every part”.
Alicja Ptak is senior editor at Notes from Poland and a multimedia journalist. She beforehand labored for Reuters.
