In the Ivanovo region has died hit by a drunk priest in Shuya cyclist. Appeared in the local media this information was confirmed on Tuesday, November 7, RIA Novosti press-Secretary of the Kineshma diocese Andrei Efanov.
“It’s true. The diocese financially, of course, will pay for the funeral and ongoing costs associated with her death,” he said.
Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church are going to meet with the relatives of the deceased to talk about “matters of compensation”.
In a press-service of the diocese also said that the culprit drank a glass of wine and got behind the wheel, thinking that sobered up.
According to the portal ivday.ru the man is now under investigation. He visited the victim at the hospital and asked for her forgiveness
Earlier it was reported that on 26 October, the rector of the Baptist Church of the village Parsky kineshemskaya diocese hieromonk Protoleon (Belozertsev), moving by car Nissan Primera on the street Sverdlov, hit left on the bike from the yard of a 55-year-old woman. Against the clergy amounted to several administrative protocols, and the victim was taken to the Central regional hospital.