In an interview with 15min, the scientist said that the Church is a high-risk zone, but the problems are certainly not only there – thousands of children are sexually exploited in Lithuania every year.
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- Prosecutors suspect that a priest may have been abusing children for 23 years – from 2002 to 2025.
- In this pre-trial investigation, 11 people have been recognized as victims, who were between 12 and 18 years old at the time the crimes were committed against them.
- Law enforcement and the church did not disclose the suspect’s name. According to 15min, Tadas Švedavičius, suspected of serious crimes, worked as a parish priest of Kalesninkai and other parishes belonging to the Vilnius Archdiocese from 2017 to 2025.
– Gintautas, what is the priest facing?
