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Poles 'touched by warmth of Scots people towards Angelika's family'

Poles were not put off Scotland by the murder of the student Angelika Kluk and were warmed by the compassion shown by Scots to the victim and her family, the Polish ambassador to Britain said...

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Polish incomers swell Good Friday congregations in city

Members of Edinburgh’s Polish community helped swell numbers at services held across the city yesterday to mark Good Friday. Hundreds gathered for mass at St Mary’s Cathedral for services held in both...

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Shamed priest ruined by Angelika Kluk scandal gives secret Masses

The shamed priest who “had sex” with murder victim Angelika Kluk has admitted holding secret Masses at his home for a band of devoted followers. Father Gerry Nugent was effectively sacked by the...

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Fury over tribute to Angelika

A punk band and a naked actress singing an elegy will feature next month in Glasgow’s artistic?tribute?to?Angelika Kluk, the Polish student murdered 18 months ago and buried in a city-centre church....

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Catholic church moves into Pole position

Scotland has become more Roman Catholic than Protestant, with its congregations now outnumbering the Kirk for the first time since records began. Figures compiled by the independent group Christian...

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Poles apart: the new Presbyterian pulpit war has begun

The island faiths have always seemed to me, at distant consideration, a fairly detached bunch, roused only by the threat of Sunday ferry sailings or the sight of an untethered child’s swing on the...

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Following yonder star: A Polish Christmas

The Christmas trees are elaborately decorated, the table set with the traditional white cloth – an additional place set for the unexpected guest, the Krakow crib glistens in the candlelight, the...

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Scotland's Poles split over plan to set up their own schools

Polish parents are planning to set up their own schools in Scotland because they fear their children are losing their native language, disadvantaging them when they go home. Piotr Leszczynski, the...

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One-third of city Poles in 'black hole'

Churches are seeking help to save their network of temporary overnight winter shelter for homeless people in Inverness. More than 80 men and women – particularly struggling Eastern Europeans – enjoyed...

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Catholic priest quits church to care for his love child

A young Roman Catholic priest has quit the church to look after his love child. Father Piotr Koczorowski, the former Polish chaplain based at St Mary’s RC Church in Inverness, disappeared following a...

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