Fraudulent Catholic Church documents sold via online service in Poland

An online service is operating in Poland, offering fraudulent Catholic Church documents for sale through a website that functions like a standard e-commerce store. The service allows customers to purchase various certificates, such as confession cards, confirmation documents, and pre-marital marriage course certificates, with delivery to parcel lockers within 48 hours.

Prices for these documents range from 100 PLN for a confession card to 450 PLN for pre-marital course certificates. The service explicitly promises that buyers can obtain these papers without attending the required meetings or courses.

Church authorities, including the Archdioceses of Wrocław and Łódź, have issued warnings regarding these practices. They emphasize that the seals and signatures on such documents may be fictitious and that the papers have no legal or ecclesiastical validity. Parishes have the ability to verify the authenticity of documents, and using falsified papers can lead to investigations by both the police and church curias.