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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Orthodox Orenburg Oblast, Russia · 2021

Russia: hieromonk sentenced to thirteen years for violent acts against children under fourteen

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

hieromonk serving as a parish priest in Orenburg Oblast

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

A parish priest's standing with local children was the opportunity.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2021-09-03 · conviction and sentence

    Court in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Hieromonk Kliment (Korablev) was convicted on 3 September 2021 of three episodes of violent sexual acts against children under fourteen between January 2019 and February 2020, together with inducing a minor to consume alcohol, and sentenced to thirteen years in a strict-regime colony. The church deferred his defrocking until the verdict entered force.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • clerical access to local children

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Meduza: report of the thirteen-year sentence.

Independent outlet's court report.

national newspaper court reporting verdict report RBC: corroborating report.

National business daily's report.

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