Prosecutor General’s Office explains why Metropolitan Arseniy was jailed
Metropolitan Arseniy being served with suspicion notice. Photo: Prosecutor General’s Office website
The Office of the Prosecutor General has announced the charges under which the court again sent Metropolitan Arseniy of Sviatohirsk behind bars. In its statement, the press service said that he was arrested “for crimes against peace.”
“Investigators established that in May and June 2022, the suspect, during public speeches, denied Russia’s armed aggression and accused the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the deaths of clergy and a nun, as well as the destruction of church buildings,” the statement reads. No specific examples of the metropolitan’s speeches were provided.
The Prosecutor General’s Office noted that the charges against the hierarch were brought under Parts 1 and 3 of Article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: “justification, recognition as lawful, denial of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and glorification of its participants.”
Earlier, the UOJ reported that Metropolitan Arseniy had again been placed behind bars.
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