On Friday, the district court in Toruń dropped the case of Member of Parliament Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus accused of maliciously disrupting the Holy Mass and offending the religious feelings of others due to the lack of signs of a prohibited act. The decision was made during the meeting.
Scheuring-Wielgus was accused by the prosecutor’s office that on October 25, 2020 in the Toruń Church of St. James the Apostle maliciously interfered with the Holy Mass while insulting this place with a person and offending the religious feelings of other people.
During the holy mass, the member of parliament entered the church, stood with her back to the altar and watched the faithful, presenting plaques with the inscriptions: “Woman, you can decide for yourself” and “Women should have the right to decide whether to give birth or not, and the state is based on Catholic ideology, she then turned to the altar, showed the tablet to the priests celebrating mass, then walked through the church to the exit, showed the tablets to the believers and left the temple.
The court decided to discontinue the proceedings due to the lack of evidence of a prohibited act and charged the Treasury with the costs of the legal proceedings.
The decision to drop the criminal proceedings was taken at a hearing without the case being referred to a hearing, as requested by the prosecutor and assistant prosecutors.
Judge Sławomir Więckowski indicated in the oral justification of the decision that due to the lack of signs of a prohibited act, it was possible to issue a cease and desist order at the hearing.
He also pointed out that a court decision had previously been taken to drop the case against her husband, Piotr Wielgus, who was working with the MP, which was upheld by the regional court. The accuser’s allegation in the indictment that the MP collaborated with her husband was therefore unjustified.
“I didn’t do anything wrong”
The decision is not final and the parties can appeal to the court of second instance within seven days.
The court’s decision makes sense. I didn’t do anything wrong. I stood in the church for less than 60 seconds and gave my opinion on the interference of the church in the intimate life of Polish women. What I do in the church is expose the crimes, the hypocrisy of the church. This action also served this purpose
Scheuring-Wielgus told journalists.
Prosecutor Paulina Marek of the Toruń-Centre District Prosecutor’s Office Zachód said the decision on stopping will be analyzed and then decided whether to appeal.
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Source: wPolityce