Father Henryk Jankowski was a Polish

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Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 Roman Catholic priest

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. Member of Solidarity movement and one of the leading priests supporting that movement in opposition to the communist government in the 1980s, he was also a long serving provost

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 of St. Bridget's church in Gdańsk

Gdansk

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 (until 2004). In the late 1990s he became known for his critique of the European Union

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 and for anti-Semitic remarks, and was suspended from preaching for a year. Father Jankowski was accused and investigated for pedophilia though he was never convicted.

According to records saved in Instytut Pamięci Narodowej Henryk Jankowski since 1980 to 1982 was a operational contact codename "Delegat" of communist Służba Bezpieczeństwa.

He supported the Father Henryk Jankowski Institute, described as supporting charities and social projects, by sales of a wine

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 with his image on the label, sold under the name "Monsignore", and had plans to open a chain of 16 café

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s in major Polish cities and to market perfume

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 and clothing

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also bearing his image. He was disciplined by the Catholic Church for his anti-semitism