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Religious leaders ‘disappear’ in Russian-occupied Ukraine
October 18, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: Russian officials have refused to answer questions about the disappearance of religious leaders in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, reports the Forum 18 news service.
Two Catholic priests—Fathers Ivan Levytsky and Bohdan Heleta—have been missing since November 2022. Father Kostiantyn Maksimov, a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, disappeared in May 2023. A Russian spokesman told Forum 18 that he had no information about the whereabouts of Father Maksimov, and “even if we had, we wouldn’t give it by phone.”
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