A former novice Sredneuralskaya convent told about life in the monastery, managed by the now disgraced shehurina Sergius. According to got there in the 14 years of Alexander, the children and adolescents severely punished and sent to the monastery (settlement for monks away from the monastery). In addition, the monastery is often unfairly suspected of novices in sexual relations.
Chiyoumen Sergius deprived of ecclesiastical dignity
the Monasteries were considered a form of punishment. There are regularly took away naughty children. For what? Just because they behaved like normal teenagers, — said Alexander in an interview to “Komsomolskaya Pravda”.
According to him, in the monasteries repeatedly practiced public insults. So, a friend of Alexander after talking with him came to be called “whore”.
In Sredneuralskaya convent were all like obsessed with the topic of sex. He is constantly always imagined. Us all the time, it suspected, — says the young man.
The special relationship in the monasteries received of a virgin, says Alexander. Virginity, according to an escaped novice, was checked personally by the father Sergiy during confession — he arranged the interrogation of the girls, stating all the details.
When one of the novices Sredneuralskaya convent raped a 14-year-old girl, father Sergius said that it was her fault and she was taken to the monastery.
In the monasteries people are scratching their psyche. I met people who lived in hermitages six months. It’s just other people in an altered state, as if after a psychiatric hospital, — continues Alexander.
According to him, children from the monastery and hermitages need counselling.
Among other practiced in the monasteries of punishment — beating with a whip or being under lock and key for a week or two in the trailer. Food at this time “the prisoner” was given a loaf of bread and a bottle of water.
In Sredneuralskaya convent has not yet commented on interview with former novice, reports URA.RU. The newspaper couldn’t reach representatives of the monastery and sent them a written request.
Earlier, the TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak, who came here to remove material about disgraced father Sergius also said that he met with former novice of the convent, Philip. He told her about the facts of abuse of children in the monastery. The investigation of the history among other things and wanted to be a journalist. However, his crew was attacked by defenders of chiyoumen.
Father Sergius (Nicholas Romanov) — one of the most controversial clerics of Russia. He is 13 years served for the murder, believed in God and now has thousands of followers. He denies COVID-19 and believes in chipping. In one of his sermons he cursed supporters of closing churches because of a pandemic coronavirus, stating that the temples were not closed during the plague or during the “Spanish flu”.
After this Sergius underwörgl ecclesiastical court by which he was suspended from service. He had to leave his monastery, but since June 16, barricaded themselves in it. In the monastery, in addition to designed by Sergey Kazakov and clergy, was striker hockey club “Motorist” Pavel Datsyuk and the participant of show “the Ural pelmeni” Dmitry Sokolov.
Also a priest because of his public statements had also brought an administrative case under part 9 of article 13.15 of the administrative code (distribution of knowingly false public interest information under the guise of reliable reports).
3 Jul of chiyoumen deprived of Holy orders in connection with the violation of the oath of the priests, monastic vows and the Holy canons listed. The decision by the court of the Yekaterinburg diocese.
Earlier NEWS.ru wrote that actress Maria Shukshina came in Sredneuralskaya convent in order to support the disgraced chiyomaru Sergius. In conversation with reporters, she noted that it shares the position of the defrocked priest.
