(Jewish Telegraphic Agency) In a historic first — at the best of small but inordinately powerful Jewish supremacist groups in Poland — a Polish priest has been arrested, charged, and convicted of following Christ’s lead and rebuking Jews and the sell-out Catholic Church for doing their bidding: A Polish priest with a long track record of antisemitic comments has been sentenced to community service after being convicted of insulting Jews and inciting hatred against them, in what his critics say is a landmark case.
Father MichaB Woznicki, a Catholic priest from the city of Poznan, must perform 30 hours of community service a month for the next six months, according to the order handed down by a judge earlier this month.
Woznicki was on trial for comments made during a sermon in October 2021: “Jews in the world have assumed the role of a leech, a tick, a body that lives on the host’s body, swells, leading the host’s body to death, moving on to the next one,” he said, according to Polish media. He also said that Jews were in league with the devil and responsible for the spread of sexual impropriety in Poland.
Woznicki is already facing sanctions from the church because of his record of controversy, and he delivered the sermon online because he has been suspended from his pulpit. But because he remains an ordained priest, his conviction is groundbreaking, according to the civil society group that pressed for him to face charges.
The group, Otwarta Rzeczpospolita or Open Republic, is devoted to fighting antisemitism and xenophobia in Poland.
“This is a precedent case,” it said in a statement. “It was not Woznicki’s first hateful sermon, but the first one that the prosecutor’s office dealt with.”
Jewish leaders in Poland are cheering the verdict.
“Woznicki is well known for his antisemitic diatribes and anti-church tirades (he has called Pope Francis a heretic),” Poland’s chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency by email. “The Polish court has handed down a clear verdict that antisemitic hate speech is illegal in Poland. We are hopeful that the Polish courts will continue to find others guilty of this crime.”
After the Polish judge ruled that Woznicki was guilty of insulting Jews because of their nationality and inciting hatred on the basis of national differences, the priest lashed out in comments to journalists.
“I am convicted of preaching,” Woznicki reportedly said. “Apparently, the Jews do not like me very much because I love the Lord Jesus. As a non-Jew, I concede to the Jewish king, while the Jews do not so much to their king.”
While Woznicki’s comments were extreme, traditional Catholic liturgy includes some antisemitic elements. In 2021, Pope Francis restricted the use of the Latin Mass, a traditionalist liturgy that includes a prayer for the conversion of Jews, out of concern that it was being used by those who did not accept the Catholic Church’s 1965 statement declaring that the Jews were not responsible for Jesus’ death. Pope Francis has also condemned antisemitism.
Never once has a rabbi been arrested, convicted, and sentenced for promoting “hate speech” directed at non-Jews — despite the fact that the Jewish “holy” book, the Talmud commands Jews to rob, steal, cheat, and even kill “gentiles” if it is in the interest of Jews — and if they can get away with it without bringing negative attention upon Jews.
There was a time when the Catholic Church still had enough integrity to call for the Talmud to be burned numerous times, but that was over 500 years ago when Jews had only a modicum of power compared to what they’ve achieved today......
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Just when you think there are 3 or 4 passably sane countries left, something like this happens. Typically articulate and professional C4T article (working as usual from a jew source) shows which way this battle front is going, and it's not good.
Off your knees, Poland -- toss those beads aside and start fighting for your lives! NN
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