A Catholic priest from the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish was brutally attacked by an unknown perpetrator. According to the report, this is not the first incident to occur in this parish.
On Saturday 18 January, a young priest was attacked in Sieradz during a pastoral visit. At the time of the attack, which occured on a pastoral visit, the cleric was accompanied by a young altar boy. According to the report, the cleric was treated "in a brutal way", and the perpetrator was "violating his physical and mental well-being and his clerical attire."
Despite the gravity of the situation, the incident was not reported to the police. Parishioners of the Sacred Heart parish have, however, appealed to the faithful to be more attentive to their own safety, with the parish priest Fr. Mirosław Miłek reporting, "this is not the first time something like this has happened."