CZECH REPUBLIC
Columbus Dispatch
PRAGUE — The head of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Republic and Slovakia resigned yesterday, amid allegations of affairs with women and fathering illegitimate children.
Having already denied the charges, Metropolitan Krystof, 59, opted to resign to help maintain the unity of the church, a church spokesman said.
TV Nova cited church documents suggesting the metropolitan had an affair with a priest’s wife. It is also alleged that he had fathered several illegitimate children.
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