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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Orthodox Bangor, Maine, USA · 2015

Greek Orthodox priest Adam Metropoulos convicted of abusing an altar server

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Greek Orthodox parish priest

Organization

St. George Greek Orthodox Church, Bangor

Spiritual nexus

The victim was an altar server at Metropoulos's own parish, placed in the priest's home under the pastoral care and trust he held as the congregation's clergy.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2015-03-17 · conviction and sentence; affirmed on appeal

    Maine Superior Court. Former priest Adam Metropoulos was found guilty on four felony counts of sexual abuse of a minor for assaults on a 15-year-old altar server who stayed overnight at his home in 2006–2007, and was sentenced to 12 years with 6.5 to serve. The conviction was upheld on appeal in 2016.

Appellate history

  1. 2016 · undefined

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Documented coercion mechanisms

  • pastoral authority over an altar server placed in his home

Primary record

Sources

public broadcaster court reporting verdict report 'Former Bangor Priest Convicted of Child Sex Abuse', Maine Public, 17 March 2015.

Reports the four-count felony conviction of the Greek Orthodox priest for abusing a teenage altar server from his parish.

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