A former Catholic archbishop has been arrested as part of a paedophile investigation. <br /><br />Jozef Wesolowski is accused of paying for sex with children while serving as The Holy See’s ambassador in the Dominican Republic, according to a Vatican spokesman.<br /><br />The arrest reflects the wishes of Pope Francis, who earlier this year compared child abuse to a “satanic mass”.<br /><br />The pope requested “that such a grave and delicate case be handled without delay, with the just and necessary rigour,” according to the Vatican.<br /><br />Wesolowski, a Polish national, is currently under house arrest inside the city state.<br /><br />He had been living freely in Rome and victims of sexual abuse had called for his arrest, expressing concern he might flee.<br /><br />Wesolowski was defrocked by a Vatican tribunal earlier this year after being found guilty under canon law of sexually abusing young boys. He has appealed against the sentence.
