The Security Service of Ukraine has informed that it has served a notice of suspicion to a cleric of the UOC (MP) in Zhytomyr region who justified Russia's war against Ukraine, UNN reports.
Security Service collects evidence of anti-Ukrainian activities of cleric of Ovruch-Korosten Diocese of the UOC (MP) in Zhytomyr region... The suspect was served a notice of suspicion under Pp. 1, 2, 3 of Art. 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (justification, recognition of the legitimacy, denial of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, glorification of its participants)
According to the case file, after the outbreak of a full-scale war, the defendant imposed pro-Russian views on his parishioners in his sermons and posted posts on social media justifying Russia's war against Ukraine.
"Among other things, the cleric's pages presented the Russian invasion of our country as a "civil conflict" and justified the war crimes of the Nazis. In addition, the defendant publicly insulted the religious views of believers of other faiths and called for support for the Russian Orthodox Church," the special service noted.
The investigation found that the offender recorded his anti-Ukrainian speeches on camera and then posted the video on his Facebook page.
The examinations initiated by the SBU confirmed the facts of the cleric's information and subversive activities in favor of the aggressor country.
The investigation is ongoing to establish all the circumstances of the crime. The offender faces up to 8 years in prison.
SBU exposes rector of UOC-MP church who praised occupiers21.08.24, 13:11