The World - News from Aug. 13, 1985
A Catholic priest’s one-year jail sentence for protesting the Polish government’s removal of crucifixes from a parish school was suspended by an appeals court in Kielce, Poland. However, Father Marek Labuda was ordered to pay a $630 fine. Authorities said they removed the crosses because the school was state property. An appeal by a second priest, Father Marek Labuda, was unsuccessful, and he faces a 10-month sentence for a similar offense.
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