CNN —The Vatican has accepted the resignation of a Polish bishop who stepped down after a sex scandal involving clergy from his diocese in the southern Polish city of Sosnowiec. According to Poland’s state news agency, the parish has been hit by a string of scandals over the past few years involving priests under the administration of Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak. The allegations that precipitated the bishop’s resignation are connected to an incident in September, widely reported in Polish media, in which a priest identified as Fr. Tomasza Z allegedly hosted several other priests and a male prostitute at his apartment. Tomasza Z has since been dismissed, according to PAP.

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Persons: Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak, Kaszak, Nunciature, “, Father Francis, Bishop of Sosnowiec, Adrian Galbas, Tomasza, Tomasza Z Organizations: CNN, of Locations: Polish, Sosnowiec, of Sosnowiec, Katowice