This is data from the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The SBU reported suspicion of 26 representatives of the pro-Moscow church, and 19 received court sentences.
Since the beginning of the mass war, the SBU has exposed more than 60 UOC-MP clerics who worked for Russia, selling weapons and child pornography. The press service of the SBU reports this.
“The security service conducts a systematic fight against the subversive activities of the Russian special services and criminals in the religious environment of Ukraine. From the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, based on materials from in the SBU, 68 criminal proceedings were launched against the representatives of the UOC-MP, of which 14 of them were metropolitans of the church. Among the exposed crimes were 20 facts of treason “, collaboration and helping the aggressor country . In addition, law enforcement officers are investigating 18 cases of public disturbance for religious hatred, as well as the sale of firearms and the distribution of child pornography,” the SBU said in a statement.
It is reported that the SBU reported the suspicion of 26 representatives of the pro-Moscow church, and 19 received court sentences.
“Thanks to this, two convicted clergy collaborators were exchanged for Ukrainian soldiers captured by the Rashists. In particular, we are talking about the rector of the St. Tikhvin Church of the Severodonetsk Diocese of the UOC-MP, who in April 2022 ” gave” the members of the Resistance movement the territory in the communities of the Russian occupiers. On a “tip” from a collaborator in a cassock, the occupiers kidnapped the victims and locked them inside the walls of the dungeons of Russia. Thanks to the evidence base of the SBU, the court sentenced him to 12 years in prison. Later, he, together with the captured Russian military personnel, was able to be exchanged for 63 Ukrainian defenders, “the press reports – departmental service.
SBU officers also detained a cleric of the Gorlovka diocese of the UOC-MP, who, after the occupation of Liman, organized community meetings to “elect” the leadership of the local labor administration.
“According to SBU materials, he received 7 years in prison, and then he was exchanged for Ukrainian defenders captured by the Russians,” the SBU reports.
It was also reported that the manager of the Tulchin diocese of the UOC (MP) in the Vinnytsia region was sentenced to 5 years in prison. He propagated the Russian Federation’s armed aggression against parishioners and justified the temporary occupation of part of Ukraine’s territory.
“At the same time, on the initiative of the Security Service, the citizenship of Ukraine was terminated for 19 representatives of the UOC-MP, who have Russian passports and spread pro-Kremlin narratives about the war in Ukraine. Among those these are the metropolitans from the regions of Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk and Odessa, as well as from the temporarily occupied Crimea. Also in the “materials of the SBU prohibit the entry into Ukraine of more than 177 clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church, including the former Metropolitan of Romny and Burinsky UOC-MP in the region of Sumy,” said the message.
It was previously reported that the SBU detained a UOC-MP priest who was selling Russian weapons.
Source: korrespondent
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