Word: pietruszka
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...high-ranking members of the Internal Affairs Ministry, which oversees the secret police. But although he said that at one time he had mistakenly believed the orders to abduct Popieluszko came from "the top," he allowed the stain of complicity to go no further than his immediate superior, Adam Pietruszka, a former colonel and the fourth man in the dock. Like two of his co-defendants, former Lieutenants Waldemar Chmielewski and Leszek Pekala, who testified two weeks ago, Piotrowski said he assumed that the idea to abduct the priest was sponsored by people senior enough to shield him from prosecution...
...many Poles believe that the government will now be able to declare that justice has been served and that a widespread investigation is unnecessary. While Piotrowski's confession shielded the powerful, it increased the chance that he would receive the death sentence. He appeared ready and willing to drag Pietruszka down with...
...supported previous testimony by his co-defendant, Leszek Pekala, that Piotrowski had summoned them to discuss taking "actions to frighten Father Popieluszko." Chmielewski said that after he raised questions about whether the priest, who had a weak heart, could survive such harsh treatment, Piotrowski consulted with his superior, Adam Pietruszka, a former colonel and the fourth man in the dock, about what to do if Popieluszko died. Later, Piotrowski explained that it had taken some time for the colonel to go "to the top" for approval. Chmielewski told the court that "by the top, I understood one of the department...
...believed that they would be protected by their superiors. Pekala claimed in court that "one of the deputy ministers--I do not know which one--spoke of interrupting Popieluszko's activities." The action, he said, was "to take place outside the law." The prosecution named Secret Police Colonel Adam Pietruszka, 47, as the man who gave the orders; he pleaded innocent to the accusation that he aided and abetted the murder. Like the three others, who have pleaded guilty to charges of abduction and murder, Pietruszka faces a penalty ranging from a minimum of eight years in prison...