Priest Accused of Child Molestation Will Be Detained When He Crosses Russian Border - Investigations Committee

Interfax
November 8, 2013

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St. Petersburg, November 8, Interfax - Gleb Grozovsky, former senior priest of a church in the Leningrad region, who is accused of molesting two children and has been put on an international wanted list, will be detained when he crosses the Russian border, the press service for the Investigations Committee's Department for St. Petersburg reported.

"A decision on his extradition will be made through diplomatic channels in accordance with the law. He has a temporary visa until a certain date. His period of stay there will expire some time. He will be detained when he crosses the border," the press service for the Investigations Committee's Department for St. Petersburg reported.

It was reported earlier that a criminal case has been opened against Grozovsky based on the article of the Russian Criminal Code dealing with the molestation of a child under the age of 14.

According to information possessed by the investigators, Grozovsky, 34, molested two girls, aged nine and 12, in a hotel located on the territory of a children's camp belonging to the Orthodox travelers club, Philadelphia, on Kos Island in Greece in June 2013.

The investigators are now verifying information on the commission of similar crimes in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region by the suspect, the Investigations Committee's Department for St. Petersburg reported.

Grozovsky was arrested in absentia and put on the international wanted list. He denies the accusations, saying the investigators are pressuring the children's parents. Grozovsky is now in Israel helping drug and alcohol-dependent people.