Anniversary of murdered priest, as IPN press charges against former security officer

23rd October 2009

Twenty-five years after the murder of Father Jerzy Poplieluszko prosecutors announced that they will bring charges against a former communist official, accusing him of harassing a man considered by many as Polish national hero.

Lawyers from the Institute of National Remembrance said that the charges relate to apparent attempts to place false evidence on the priest, who at the time was closely associated with Solidarity and had become a symbol of opposition to the one-party state.

It is believed that the communist official planned to discredit the priest.

Father Popieluszko was later murdered in October 1984 by members of the secret police. An estimated 250,000 people attended his funera ...