Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Man on Trial for Pedophilia Diagnosed with AIDS

According to the mass circulation Gazeta Wyborcza daily, the former director of a boys' choir in the mid-western city of Poznan, who faces charges of pedophilia, is diagnosed with HIV to the horror of his victims. The trial of man, whose identity is withheld by the court, was suspended last month when he was rushed to hospital with a suspected brain tumour. To the dismay of medical staff, he was found to be an HIV carrier. The man is known to have molested at least three choir boys. He is suspected to have been part of a pedophile ring in Poznan. In an interview for Radio Polonia, Danuta Cholewa of the Society of Children's Friends says that the newspaper may have broken the law by revealing that the man now on trial for child molestation, is an AIDS victim. She says that such information is confidential and should not be made public.
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