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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Orthodox Varna, Bulgaria · 2016

Bulgaria: Orthodox priest convicted of indecent acts against a thirteen-year-old boy

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

priest of the 'Sv. Dimitar Solunski' church, Vladislavovo, Varna

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The boy was within the priest's reach through his parish standing; the suspended sentence is recorded as imposed, without embellishment.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2016-06-21 · conviction and suspended sentence

    Varna District Court, Bulgaria. Yanko Yanakiev, 73, priest at the 'Sv. Dimitar Solunski' church in Varna's Vladislavovo district, was convicted in June 2016 of indecent acts against a thirteen-year-old boy at a mineral pool at Sv. Konstantin i Elena in January 2015, receiving a one-year suspended sentence with a four-year probationary period and 2,000 leva in compensation.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • priest's standing with the boy and his family

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 24 Chasa, 21 Jun. 2016.

Bulgarian national daily's court report.

national broadcaster court reporting verdict report 'Свещеник е осъден за блудство с дете', Eurocom.

Independent Bulgarian coverage.

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