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Daniil Sidorov, a former assistant to Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursk, accused of molesting two women, has gone to the war zone in Ukraine. This was announced by Metropolitan Yevgeny (Alexey Kulberg) of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursk.
The Russian Orthodox Church has removed Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, known for his sexual harassment allegations and luxurious lifestyle, from the head of the Hungarian diocese and transferred him to the Czech Republic, reports Telex, following Novaya Gazeta. Metropolitan Hilarion has headed the Russian Orthodox Church's external relations department since 2009, was Patriarch Kirill's right-hand man, and was considered a possible successor to …
Hilarion, who at the time received Hungarian citizenship in three months, made the news for his luxurious lifestyle and molestation of his servant, but this summer the ground became hot under his feet.
The former number two of Russian Orthodoxy stumbles over a sex scandal. Moscow strips Hilarion of the Orthodox diocese of Hungary and banishes him to Karlovy Vary.
Daniil Sidorov, a priest of the Yekaterinburg Diocese, who is suspected of trying to rape a girl, went to war in Ukraine. This was announced on his telegram channel by Metropolitan Yevgeny of Yekaterinburg and Verkhotursk. “Priest Daniil Sidorov, of course, will never be able to serve as a priest again, but this tragically damaged page in his life is not the last. He managed to ask earnestly and received forgiveness from the people he slaughtere…
Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church retired Metropolitan Hilarion amid scandal | Orthodox Times (en)
Metropolitan Hilarion, the former chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, was retired following a scandal that gained prominence a few months ago. Specifically, reports emerged alleging a close relationship between Metropolitan Hilarion and a subdeacon named Georgy Suzuki. These reports detailed luxurious real estate acquisitions in France and Hungary attributed to the Metropolitan and highlighted a h…
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