{"id":5147,"date":"2024-03-22T17:01:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T15:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=5147"},"modified":"2024-03-22T17:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T15:01:10","slug":"evidence-collection-nearly-done-in-osiou-avakoum-scandals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=5147","title":{"rendered":"Evidence collection nearly done in Osiou Avakoum scandals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/evidence-collection-nearly-done-in-osiou-avakoum-scandals.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Two suspended monks embroiled in the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandals<\/strong> will make statements to the Holy Synod\u2019s investigative committee next week, it emerged on Friday. The statements are the final pieces of evidence expected to be collected before a decision is issued, according to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) report on the matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1825968592\">\n<div id=\"cypru-62730027\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-3707547922522-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The details about the monks became known after the committees\u2019 representative <strong>Father Vasilios <\/strong>skirted the subject on Thursday.<br \/>\nThough evidence collection is nearly finalised, a source close to the church told CNA that the work of the <strong>six-member ecclesiastical court of the Holy Synod<\/strong> \u201cis not expected to be completed before Easter\u201d.<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cThe Investigative Committee is not interested in the time the process will take, but in issuing a reliable conclusion,\u201d <\/strong>the source continued.<br \/>\nThe CCTV video in possession by the police is under investigation to confirm whether it is legal and untampered with. Though it will be considered for the final decision, the same source said that the material\u2019s plausible illegality \u201ccannot leave the ecclesiastical court, nor the Synod, indifferent\u201d.<br \/>\nThe source said that an opinion would be formed by the video on hand. \u201cI think they are in a position to judge whether it is prefabricated or has basis. It will be taken into account, otherwise they would not have shown it,\u201d they said.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, on the civilian side of the issue, police said they were intensively continuing their investigations.<br \/>\nFriday\u2019s news comes after authorities were revealed on Thursday to have kept mum about sexual harassment allegations, along with all other footage and alleged financial crimes taking place at the monastery. Theologian Theodoros Kyriacou confirmed that\u00a0<strong>he testified in support of a\u00a0sexual harassment complaint<\/strong>\u00a0filed by a former employee against the head of the beleaguered monastery.<br \/>\nKyriacou said he had been\u00a0<strong>called in by police<\/strong>\u00a0the day before to provide a statement.<br \/>\n<strong>\u201c[The complainant] now found the strength to give a statement, seeing everything that has occurred,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Kyriacou told Philenews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two monks involved in scandals at the Osiou Avakoum monastery will provide statements to the Holy Synod\u2019s investigative committee next week. This step is part of the final evidence collection before a decision is made. The investigation by a six-member ecclesiastical court of the Holy Synod is not expected to finish before Easter. The committee is focused on reaching a reliable conclusion rather than the time the process takes. A CCTV video under police investigation will be considered in the final decision, despite concerns about its legality. Additionally, there are ongoing police investigations into sexual harassment allegations and possible financial crimes at the monastery. Theologian Theodoros Kyriacou testified in support of a sexual harassment complaint against the monastery&#8217;s head, filed by a former 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