A Catholic priest on trial for
sexually abusing children in Poland and the Dominican Republic offered
on Friday to serve a seven-year jail term, a court spokeswoman said. The priest was suspended by his religious order in the rural Dominican
parish of Juncalito last year after local residents accused him of
molesting altar boys, according to the church.
He was arrested after returning to his native Poland and
is on trial on 10 charges relating to child sex abuse and possessing
pornographic images of children. The charges carry a maximum penalty of
15 years in jail.