Polish cardinal denies accusations of covering up sex crimes, bribery

Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, one of Poland's most senior clerics and a former private secretary to Pope John Paul II, had denied allegations that he had covered up the sexual abuse of children and took bribes. The 81-year-old cardinal was responding to a documentary broadcast by Polish news channel TVN24 which presented documents and interviews suggesting that Dziwisz was involved in covering up sex crimes by priests around the world and may have received bribes.