Charges of clergy surveillance by Pegasus system
The peculiar services, under the political control of the Law and Justice, were to usage Pegasus' spy strategy to surveillance citizens, including clergymen.
Recent media reports have revealed the names of any of the Church's hierarchs whose cell phones were intended to mark attacks.
It is believed that the intent of the surveillance was a large part of the key hierarchy of the Church in Poland.
Among the clergy watched by the Pegasus strategy are:
• Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś
• Archbishop Adrian Galbas
• Archbishop Wiesław Lechowicz
• Archbishop Józef Górzyński
• Bishop Peter Libera
• Priest John King
What could be the intent of these actions?
It is suggested that the surveillance of the hierarchs was aimed at knowledge of their political contacts and collecting compromising materials (compromises). These materials would serve to blackmail and force the support of the Catholic Church for the ruling party. specified actions are defined as methods of blackmail and extortion, contrary to the standards of a democratic regulation of law.
