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Berlin: Poland’s 28,000 Roman Catholic priests have been told by church authorities that they may be fined if they are found to have plagiarised their sermons from the Internet, and could even face up to three years in prison. The church has published a book on writing sermons to lure priests away from the habit of stealing the words of their fellow clergy. Father Wieslaw Przyczyna, the co-author of To Plagiarise or not to Plagiarise, said the guide had been written to address what had become an increasingly common problem, as more churches put their sermons online and an increasing numbers of priests used the Internet. — ©Guardian Newspapers Limited, 2008

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