{"id":93908,"date":"2024-07-04T13:09:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T10:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/93908\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"catholic-missionary-priest-faces-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/93908\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic missionary priest faces criminal charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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July 4, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Andrej Juchnievi\u010d, rector of the church of Our Lady of F\u00e1tima in \u0160umilina, Viciebsk region, has been transferred to a pre-trial detention center after serving several jail terms over the past two months, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The transfer most likely indicates that the authorities filed criminal charges against him, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juchnievi\u010d was arrested on May 8 along with his colleague Pavie\u0142 Lemiech on suspicion of subversive activity against the Belarusian state, following the Viciebsk diocese church meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lemiech was released after serving 10 days in jail, while Juchnievi\u010d remained in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both are known as the Missionaries Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a Catholic congregation founded in the early 19th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 25, rights groups declared Juchnievi\u010d a political prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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