VATICAN CITY — The former papal envoy to the Dominican Republic, who went on trial at the Holy See this summer on charges of sexual abuse of minors, died of a heart attack, according to initial autopsy results, the Vatican said Saturday.
A Vatican statement indicated that laboratory results, expected in coming days, could elaborate on the cause of death of Jozef Wesolowski, a 67-year-old Pole.
Wesolowski died Thursday evening at the Vatican. The Vatican announced the death Friday.
Prosecutors alleged that Wesolowski “corrupted, through lewd acts, adolescents presumed to be between 13 and 16 years old, in order to carry out on them, and in their presence, sexual acts” and that at least once, the sexual abuse happened in a public place.