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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Orthodox Naxos, Cyclades, Greece · 2019

Greece: archimandrite Theokletos's conviction for repeated sexual harassment of two parish boys affirmed by the Supreme Court

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

See cited record

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

As archimandrite -- a senior monastic-clerical rank -- with pastoral charge of his own parish, the defendant exploited his standing over two boys within his congregation to harass them repeatedly over time; the conviction stood through the country's court of last resort.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. Date in cited record · Appellate conviction

    Mixed Jury Court of Appeal of Athens, Greece. Convicted; sentenced to 27.5 years

  2. Date in cited record · Cassation review

    Areios Pagos (Supreme Court of Greece), 7th Criminal Division. Cassation rejected; conviction and sentence finally upheld

Primary record

Sources

Newsit.gr 'Νάξος: Αυτός είναι ο Αρχιμανδρίτης που καταδικάστηκε για ασέλγεια σε ανήλικα αγόρια'. Available at: newsit.gr (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: Archimandrite Theokletos of Naxos, aged 53, was convicted by the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal of Athens of the repeated sexual harassment of two boys in his parish, aged 10 and 14, and of possessing pornographic material, and sentenced to 27.5 years' imprisonment.

Newsit.gr 'Νάξος: Αυτός είναι ο Αρχιμανδρίτης που καταδικάστηκε για ασέλγεια σε ανήλικα αγόρια'. Available at: newsit.gr (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: Archimandrite Theokletos of Naxos, aged 53, was convicted by the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal of Athens of the repeated sexual harassment of two boys in his parish, aged 10 and 14, and of possessing pornographic material, and sentenced to 27.5 years' imprisonment.

LiFO 'Αρχιμανδρίτης παρενοχλούσε ανηλίκους στην ενορία του -- Οριστικά στην φυλακή'. Available at: lifo.gr (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: The 7th Criminal Division of the Areios Pagos (Supreme Court) rejected all of the archimandrite's cassation grounds, including his request for mitigating circumstances, and finally upheld the appellate conviction; he remained held at Trikala Prison.

LiFO 'Αρχιμανδρίτης παρενοχλούσε ανηλίκους στην ενορία του -- Οριστικά στην φυλακή'. Available at: lifo.gr (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: The 7th Criminal Division of the Areios Pagos (Supreme Court) rejected all of the archimandrite's cassation grounds, including his request for mitigating circumstances, and finally upheld the appellate conviction; he remained held at Trikala Prison.

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