Criminal Investigation Built on Forgeries: Metropolitan Longin and Bănceni Monastery, Targeted by Police Following a Manipulation Launched in Ukraine

The Bukovina police announced on May 23, 2025, the initiation of a criminal procedure targeting alleged illegal acts in connection with the orphanage located near the Bănceni Monastery. The authorities' decision comes just two days after a manipulative video clip, presented as a "journalistic investigation", was distributed on social networks and quickly picked up by several publications in Ukraine. The so-called investigation, based on anonymou…