RUSSIA
Interfax
St. Petersburg, November 6, Interfax – The Investigations Committee’s Investigations Department for St. Petersburg has opened a criminal case against priest Gleb Grozovsky, who is suspected of child molestation.
A criminal case has been opened and an investigation is underway, the press service for the Investigations Committee’s Investigations Department for St. Petersburg told Interfax.
According to media reports, Grozovsky was until recently the senior priest of the Church of John the Warrior in the village of Maloye Verevo, Gatchina district, and also deputy chairman of the diocese department for youth affairs of the St. Petersburg Diocese. However, he left his posts in mid-October and is now abroad.
According to some media reports, Grozovsky is an adviser to the general director of the St. Petersburg football club Zenit and has worked with the children’s village SOS, which is under the care of prominent footballer Andrey Arshavin.
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