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May 9, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Authorities have arrested Andrej Juchnievi\u010d (Andrzej Juchniewicz), rector of the church of Our Lady of F\u00e1tima in \u0160umilina, Viciebsk region, and priest Pavie\u0142 Lemiech for unknown reasons, Chryscianskaja Vizija reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said that the arrests were made after the Viciebsk diocese’s priests and monks had met in the church yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Andrzej Juchniewicz is the chairman of a coordination group of abbots and representatives of monastic communities. It is an ecclesiastical body that deals with cooperation between monastic orders in Belarus,” Chryscianskaja Vizija said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the human rights group, at least 26 Roman Catholic Church clerics and believers have been persecuted in the country since 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Catholic activist given restricted freedom term<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May 9, Pozirk. Authorities have arrested Andrej Juchnievi\u010d (Andrzej Juchniewicz), rector of the church of Our Lady of F\u00e1tima in \u0160umilina, Viciebsk region, and priest Pavie\u0142 Lemiech for unknown reasons, Chryscianskaja Vizija reported. It said that the arrests were made after the Viciebsk diocese’s priests and monks had met in the church yesterday. “Andrzej Juchniewicz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":84478,"template":"","rubric":[13],"class_list":["post-84546","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCatholic priest, rector arrested in \u0160umilina | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 9, Pozirk. 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