Russia's Pimp-Priest Suspended From Ministering

The parish of the Vyborg diocese vigorously discussed the priest's misadventures.

The Vyborg diocese decided that Father Nikolay (Kireev), suspected of trafficking in persons and pimping, shouldn't minister for some time.

At all desire the priest will not be able to visit his parish in the village named after Morozov. He is in the Vitsebsk pre-trial detention center.

Police officers detained the Holy Father and two women engaged in prostitution at a local bus station. The trio was going to the bus to St. Petersburg. Belarusian police officers explained that this operation is the result of a thorough criminal intelligence analysis.

Investigators intend to demand to take the suspect under arrest. Now the priest faces imprisonment from 5 to 10 years with confiscation of property.

As Channel 5 reports, the ROC doesn't jump to conclusions about the guilt of the priest, but it hopes that even if the accusations are confirmed, the suspect will be handed over to the Russian side. The village where Father Nikolay worked was small. The parishioners all to a man assure that this quiet and modest person could not secretly establish a brothel.

He has a wife and two minor children. The parishioners do not exclude the fact that the priest was in the company of prostitutes trying to help someone. According to the believers, the priest was a sensitive person and could try to save the girls from sexual slavery. But all this is only speculations – it will become clear in the near future how the priest appeared among the promiscuous, once the Belarusian detectives have completed the investigation.