A certain Polish priest named the Rev. Tomasz Zmarzły is being investigated after police discovered a sex party involving a male prostitute inside his apartment in the city of Dąbrowa Górnicza.
The Daily Mail, which was the first to publish the matter in English, reported that the priest allegedly threw a small party and ordered a male prostitute and later called an ambulance after a friend of his collapsed from an overdose of erectile dysfunction pills.
Local media added that Zmarzły, assigned at the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels Parish Church in Dąbrowa Górnicza, refused to let paramedics in after the prostitute called emergency services before being ordered by the priest to leave.
Police were later called to the scene, forcing Zmarzły to allow emergency crews in to take his unconscious friend to hospital for treatment.
The man later recovered and was discharged from the hospital.
Church, State Authorities Launch Investigation
A source familiar with the incident told the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza that the event was "organized by clergy and was purely sexual," and confirmed that the participants in the incident "took potency pills."
However, Zmarzły denied the allegations he organized a "gay orgy" when he informed his superior, the Bishop of Sosnowiec, about the incident.
In response, the bishop stated he has appointed a commission to "urgently explain the circumstances of the situation."
If proven to be true, Zmarzły might face dismissal from the Catholic priesthood.
Meanwhile, state prosecutors have launched their own investigation into the priest for failing to help his friend.
"The local prosecutor's office is conducting proceedings regarding failure to provide assistance to a person whose life is at risk," Dąbrowa Górnicza deputy district prosecutor Czesław Kurpiś said.
Blessed Virgin Mary of the Angels Parish was the very first church in Poland to be called a basilica after Pope Leo XIII bestowed the title to the church. Polish cardinals Stefan Wyszyński and Karol Wojtyła (the future Pope John Paul II) also visited the church in 1968.
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