WORCESTER (MA)
Pokrov
Author: Karen Croci
Date Published: 7/2/2012
Publication: Pokrov.org
Related Document: Vision Document
What does an Orthodox parish do when their priest is convicted of assault and battery with a deadly weapon and is in jail for crimes committed against one of their own parishioners – an adult female? This is a special report for www.pokrov.org of a meeting between parishioners and clergy facing the division, pain, mistrust, and upheaval that comes with one priest’s conviction.
On May 25, 2012, the Very Rev. Michael Abdelahad, former Archpriest and Dean of St. George’s Antiochian Cathedral of Worcester, MA, was sentenced in Worcester, MA District Court to serve 90 days of a two-year prison sentence for a felony assault and battery with a deadly weapon: his shod foot. He was also given a three-year probation sentence for assault and battery: biting his victim. You can read about this priest and his trial on www.pokrov.org.
June 27, 2012
Worcester, MA – The bullet list from the June 26, 2012 meeting at Worcester’s St. George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral missed its targets: Without straight shooting from the clergy and with key targets missing from the audience, the effort was doomed from the start.
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