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...accused men have been reduced to the rank of private, including the kidnapers' confessed ringleader, Grzegorz Piotrowski, a former captain. Chmielewski 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...
...almost three days of rambling testimony, Pekala had also explained how Piotrowski had been able to "create an atmosphere to make me sure that one of the deputy ministers knew all about it." Pekala gave his own version of the kidnaping attempt and told how Popieluszko had banged repeatedly against the trunk of the car into which he had been thrown, bound and gagged. According to Pekala, the priest briefly escaped and ran across a deserted hotel parking lot, yelling, "Help me, help me. Spare my life, you people." No one heard him, and he was quickly recaptured. Pekala testified...
According to the indictment, Secret Police Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski, 33, the suspected ringleader, allegedly recruited two lieutenants from the security forces, Leszek Pekala, 32, and Waldemar Chmielewski, 29, to silence Popieluszko. The officers 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...
There was widespread speculation that the kidnaping and murder had been carefully planned by hard-liners to discredit Jaruzelski and his Interior Minister, General Czeslaw Kiszczak. For many Poles the pieces of the puzzle seemed to fit together too neatly. Secret Police Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski, the apparent ringleader of the kidnapers, was identified last week as an officer in the Interior Ministry section that monitors the activities of religious groups in Poland. His two lieutenants were recognized almost immediately by Popieluszko's driver, who had noticed the secret policemen following him before the kidnaping. Piotrowski and his conspirators apparently...
...captain Grzegorz Piotrowski, said he had killed Popieluszko, but his confession had not been confirmed because the priest's body has not been found, and because the three men made conflicting statements, Kiszczak said...