{"id":14347,"date":"2026-03-30T15:43:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=14347"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:43:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:43:26","slug":"upts-mp-kharkivshchyna-zgvaltuvannya-pidozra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/upts-mp-kharkivshchyna-zgvaltuvannya-pidozra\/","title":{"rendered":"UOC-MP monks suspected of rape in Kharkiv region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in the Kharkiv region have served two UOC-MP monks with a notice of suspicion of sexual offences against a minor. According to the investigation, both suspects committed sexual acts against a girl from the church choir.<\/p>\n<h2>The essence of the case<\/h2>\n<p>According to the National Police, a 52-year-old monk of the UOC-MP invited an underage girl who sang in a church choir to his home. He got her drunk, took naked photos of her and committed sexual acts.<\/p>\n<p>The second defendant, a 24-year-old hieromonk, in the autumn of 2024, while drunk, also committed sexual acts against the same child.<\/p>\n<h2>Investigation and punishment<\/h2>\n<p>Both suspects were served a notice of suspicion of committing sexual crimes against a minor. The case is being investigated by the National Police of Kharkiv region.<\/p>\n<p>They face up to 15 years in prison with disqualification to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years.<\/p>\n<h2>Context.<\/h2>\n<p>Cases of sexual violence in religious organisations have recently been gaining publicity in Ukraine. Law enforcement officials are calling for all such crimes to be reported.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0456\u0446\u0456\u044f \u0425\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0456\u0432\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u043f\u0456\u0434\u043e\u0437\u0440\u0443 \u0434\u0432\u043e\u043c \u0447\u0435\u043d\u0446\u044f\u043c \u0423\u041f\u0426 \u041c\u041f \u0443 \u0441\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0443\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0437\u043b\u043e\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0430\u0445 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e\u043b\u0456\u0442\u043d\u044c\u043e\u0457. \u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0441\u043b\u0456\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430, \u043e\u0431\u0438\u0434\u0432\u0430 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u043e\u0437\u0440\u044e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0432\u0447\u0438\u043d\u044f\u043b\u0438 \u0434\u0456\u0457 \u0441\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0443\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0445\u0430\u0440\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0443 \u0449\u043e\u0434\u043e \u0434\u0456\u0432\u0447\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0438 \u0437 \u0446\u0435\u0440\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0445\u043e\u0440\u0443. \u0421\u0443\u0442\u044c \u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438 \u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u041d\u0430\u0446\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0456\u0446\u0456\u0457, 52-\u0440\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u043c\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0445 \u0423\u041f\u0426 \u041c\u041f \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438\u0432 \u0434\u043e \u0441\u0435\u0431\u0435 \u043d\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e\u043b\u0456\u0442\u043d\u044e \u0434\u0456\u0432\u0447\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0443, \u044f\u043a\u0430 \u0441\u043f\u0456\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0443 \u0446\u0435\u0440\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0445\u043e\u0440\u0456. \u0412\u0456\u043d \u043d\u0430\u043f\u043e\u0457\u0432 \u0457\u0457, \u0437\u0440\u043e\u0431\u0438\u0432 \u043e\u0433\u043e\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0444\u043e\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430 \u0432\u0447\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0432 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":14346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0423\u041f\u0426 \u041c\u041f","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806778],"tags":[806775],"class_list":{"0":"post-14347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-suspilstvo","8":"tag-806775"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14348,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14347\/revisions\/14348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}