Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, head of the church in the Dominican Republic has been arrested by the Vatican and will stand trial for child abuse.
Rather than paraphrasing the article I will give you the link.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/...
It gives as the reason why he wasn't just handed over that because of diplomatic immunity however if convicted by the Vatican it will be easier to turn him over to the Dominican Republic. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
This has been missed by a couple of people and I think it is important to point this out.
Stripped of his title back in June, Wesolowski has been confined to the Vatican while the tribunal assessed the evidence against him over fears that he would flee the country. With his arrest, the 66-year-old Wesolowski will remain confined to his apartment until trial. Due to his former position as the ambassador to the Dominican Republic, the former Archbishop had diplomatic immunity during the performance of his crimes making it legally difficult to hand him over to local authorities for prosecution, forcing the Holy See to hold its first ever criminal trial for child molestation. Once convicted, it would then be far easier to extradite him to another country for prosecution there.
Additional information from
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/....
In the first-ever arrest of its kind inside the Vatican, a former archbishop accused of paying for sex with children, while he was serving as a Vatican ambassador in the Dominican Republic was arrested on Tuesday.
A statement issued by the Vatican said that Jozef Wesolowski has been placed under house arrest awaiting a criminal trial.
The arrest comes after Pope Francis insisted, "that such a grave and delicate case has to be handled without delay, with the just and necessary rigour."
Wesolowski was earlier detained in the Vatican prison but later granted house arrest in a Vatican apartment for medical reasons.