Bishop Georgije of Canada Relieved of Duty

InSerbia
May 22, 2015

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On Monday and Tuesday, according to the Belgrade media, Georgije was responding to charges brought against him by a commission whose report pointed to his indecent behavior.

Georgije denied all allegations and stressed that he turned a neglected diocese into one of the most reputable ones, Belgrade daily Blic reports.

The practice of allowing the Holy Synod, a first instance body, to relieve bishops of their duties, was introduced in 2010 when Patriarch Irinej took the helm of the SPC. This is the fifth time in the past five years that the Holy Synod has carried out canonical proceedings and temporarily relieved a bishop of his duties of administering a diocese of the SPC.