ROC: the church has no right to investigate pedophilia among priests priests, declaring that they have no right to do so. Vakhtang Kipshidze, deputy chairman of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media, said this in an interview with the Moscow Talking radio station.
dignity or not, should be held accountable under the law, including for crimes of a sexual nature, “he said.
According to Kipshidze, the investigation of such crimes must be carried out by law enforcement agencies. The church, in turn, is obliged to cooperate with the police. Also, in his opinion, the crimes of priests, including sexual ones, are not widespread and are rare exceptions.
Earlier it was reported that in the Vologda region the priest was accused of seducing a 12-year-old girl and distributing pornographic materials … In addition, his adopted daughter could have suffered from the actions of the priest.