Before the crime took place

The martyrdom of Father Popiełuszko was no accident. The communist services had been surrounding him with their agents and harassing him in various ways since 1982.

Cardinal Józef Glemp: On various occasions, I told him to be careful, but he kept repeating that courage was needed, that one should not be afraid, and that people believed in him. He showed confidence that he was on the right path.
Mariusz Szachowski /Forum

Since 1963, in accordance with the instructions of Department IV of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which dealt with the persecution of people of the Roman Catholic Church, all clerics, priests and bishops, as well as parishes and curiae were placed under surveillance. It was not until the mid-1980s that the management of the ministry decided, that further “production” of TEOKs (Folders of Operational Records on Priests) should be discontinued. TEOKs already existing in the system and in the archives or in the SB cabinets began to be systematically destroyed, probably from July 1989 onwards. At that time, materials concerning Father Jerzy Popiełuszko were also destroyed.

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