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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Orthodox Salamina, Greece · 2021

Greece: Old Calendar priest convicted of indecent acts against a boy, released pending appeal

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

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Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The defendant held clerical authority as an Old Calendar (Palaeo-Orthodox) priest with recognized standing over the child through his parish role, which the press coverage frames as the access mechanism to the boy and, later, to a second minor.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2021-01-01 · First-instance conviction and sentencing

    Greece (court not specified in press). Convicted; nine years' imprisonment; appeal filed, defendant remained at liberty

Primary record

Sources

iefimerida.gr (2023) 'Σαλαμίνα: Ο ιερέας που ασέλγησε σε ανήλικο είχε καταδικαστεί σε 9 χρόνια, αλλά άσκησε έφεση και παρέμεινε έξω'. Available at: iefimerida.gr (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: An Old Calendar (Palaeo-Orthodox) priest was convicted in 2021 and sentenced to nine years for indecent acts against an 11-year-old boy, a complaint originally filed by the parents in 2018; he appealed and remained at liberty, and was arrested again in November 2023 on new allegations involving another minor.

iefimerida.gr (2023) 'Σαλαμίνα: Ο ιερέας που ασέλγησε σε ανήλικο είχε καταδικαστεί σε 9 χρόνια, αλλά άσκησε έφεση και παρέμεινε έξω'. Available at: iefimerida.gr (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: An Old Calendar (Palaeo-Orthodox) priest was convicted in 2021 and sentenced to nine years for indecent acts against an 11-year-old boy, a complaint originally filed by the parents in 2018; he appealed and remained at liberty, and was arrested again in November 2023 on new allegations involving another minor.

in.gr (2023) 'Σαλαμίνα: Προφυλακίστηκε ο παλαιοημερολογίτης ιερέας για ασέλγεια σε ανήλικο'. Available at: in.gr (Accessed 2026-07-19).

in.gr (2023) 'Σαλαμίνα: Προφυλακίστηκε ο παλαιοημερολογίτης ιερέας για ασέλγεια σε ανήλικο'. Available at: in.gr (Accessed 2026-07-19).

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