Poles irate over funeral refusal

WARSAW - Polish priests yesterday defended the decision to deny a Catholic burial to a prominent pro abortion gynaecologist last…

WARSAW - Polish priests yesterday defended the decision to deny a Catholic burial to a prominent pro abortion gynaecologist last week in the city of Lodz.

An Episcopate spokesman, Bishop Tndeusz Pieronek, issued a statement defending the church's refusal to give Prof Waclaw Dec a Catholic burial, but the Polish media has criticised the decision.

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