The court sentenced in absentia the former rector of the Cathedral of the Kherson Diocese of the UOC-MP for high treason. Archimandrite Alexey collaborated with the invaders, blessed the pseudo-referendum and fled to the Crimea.

The court convicted in absentia for high treason the former rector of the Cathedral of the Kherson Diocese of the UOC-MP Archimandrite Alexey, who "blessed "the annexation of" Kherson to the Russian Federation," the SBU reported on Tuesday, writes UNN.

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""Alexey, an ex-head of the Cathedral of the Kherson Diocese of the UOC-MP, who is hiding in Crimea, received 15 years in prison for treason in absentia. after the capture of the Regional Center, the Archimandrite agreed to cooperate with the invaders and the local Gauleiter Baldo," the SBU said.

According to the investigation, the cleric regularly invited him to the church for pro-Kremlin speeches to the faithful. "Also during the services, the Archimandrite blessed the holding of a pseudo-referendum of the Russian Federation on the "annexation" of the Kherson region to Russia. in addition, the cleric personally appealed to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow with a request to include the local council in the parish of the Russian Orthodox Church," the SBU noted.

"For supporting rashism, the traitor was given the seized real estate in the center of Kherson and invited to the Kremlin to participate in the "ceremony of inclusion" of the temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine in the Russian Federation," the report says.

During the liberation of the Regional Center, the cleric, as indicated, fled with the Russian invaders first to the Left Bank of the region, and then to the Crimea.

The court reportedly found the attacker guilty under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Part 2 of Article 111 (high treason committed under martial law); Part 1 of Article 111-2 (aiding and abetting the aggressor state).

As indicated in the SBU, comprehensive measures are continuing to bring him to justice for the crimes committed before our state.

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