Ordinary Manipulation in the Ukrainian Press: Metropolitan Longhin Jar, Lynched by the Media with Fabricated Accusations Regarding Drugs, Violence and Brothels

On May 21, 2025, several media platforms in Ukraine, including "Espreso", "Obozrevatel" and News Telegraf, published outrageous and completely unfounded accusations against Metropolitan Longhin of Banceni. Using a so-called "video investigation" signed by photographer Edgar Kalancea, these publications irresponsibly spread a series of absurd claims: that drugs were used in the children's home at the Banceni monastery, that there was a house of t…