Source: www.forum18.org
Date: July 28, 2021
Wednesday 28 July 2021
DONBAS: Luhansk: More Christian texts "extremist", Catholic priests banned
After officials in the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic apparently
seized Christian literature from local Baptists, Sverdlovsk court declared
four Protestant books "extremist". Acting Deputy General Prosecutor Roman
Gubaydulin put the phone down when asked why he lodged the suit. The books
are among 18 Protestant and 6 Jehovah's Witness publications on the "State
List of Extremist Materials". "Parishioners in Luhansk are very sad and
pained that they have no priest," says Catholic priest Grzegorz Rapa, still
unable to return. Officials turned away the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine
bishop at the Stanitsa Luhanska crossing point in mid-July.
DONBAS: Luhansk: More Christian texts "extremist", Catholic priests banned
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By Felix Corley, Forum 18
A court in the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) in eastern
Ukraine declared four more Protestant books "extremist" in May at the
request of the General Prosecutor's Office. The Justice Ministry added them
in July to the "State List of Extremist Materials". The General
Prosecutor's Office claimed the court ruling would ensure the "effective
prevention" of the distribution of such "extremist" materials by local
Council of Churches Baptists.