Cardinal Dominik Duka (centre) in 2021

Cardinal Dominik Duka (centre) in 2021

 Michal Cizek

Czech cardinal Dominik Duka, who was accused of covering up clergy sex crimes, died aged 82 on Tuesday, the Prague Archbishopric said on Facebook.

Persecuted under the communist regime of the former Czechoslovakia, Duka repeatedly came under fire during his time as Archbishop of Prague from 2010 until 2022, including for allegedly protecting paedophile priests.

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