Russian Orthodox priest Gleb Grozovsky convicted of abusing girls at a church holiday camp
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Convicted
Authority role
Russian Orthodox priest overseeing a church-run children's camp
Organization
Russian Orthodox Church-run holiday camp
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The victims were children attending a church-run religious camp under Grozovsky's direct pastoral supervision and authority as the officiating priest.
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Proceedings
2018-11-29 · conviction and sentence
Russian court, Leningrad Region. A Russian court convicted Orthodox priest Gleb Grozovsky of committing sexual acts with three girls under 14 at an Orthodox Church-run holiday camp he oversaw, and sentenced him to a long prison term (reported as 14 years in some accounts and 17 in others).
Documented coercion mechanisms
- pastoral supervision of children at a church camp
Cited record
Sources
- national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Russian Priest Sentenced Over Sexual Abuse of Children', The Moscow Times, 29 Nov. 2018.
Reports the conviction of the Orthodox priest for abusing girls at a church-run camp he supervised.
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- https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2018/11/29/russian-priest-sentenced-17-years-over-sexual-abuse-children-a63650 Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 2503349f51495ede26600222955a4707319c16ef3c741ea0c1cae90fd9d172e9
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