Four women have accused a former archimandrite in Keratsini of sexual abuse and coercion during their childhood, while the Diocese of Nikaia says it followed all required disciplinary procedures after learning of the allegations A case involving a former archimandrite in Keratsini, a suburb of Athens, has caused widespread shock after four young women accused […]

St. Herman of Alaska Church in Edmonton is part of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Jesse Isaac, who has served as a protodeacon with the OCA, has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman more than two decades ago. (Paul Rampersaud/CBC) Edmonton clergyman remains listed as active protodeacon after criminal charge   A member of […]

Australia’s Coptic Orthodox Church has said sorry to an alleged child sexual abuse survivor following allegations uncovered by SBS News. Her alleged abuser was found to still be teaching children when the story was published and has now been suspended. Hanna (not pictured) received an email from a senior clergy member. Source: SBS News Content warning: This […]

Jesse Isaac, serving at St. Olga of Alaska Orthodox Church in Edmonton, was arrested July 18 and released under confidential bail conditions. His next court hearing is scheduled for September 2.   EDMONTON — Jesse Isaac, 43, was arrested on July 18, 2026, on the charge of an alleged sexual assault that took place on or […]

A man says Russian Orthodox church organizations failed to protect him from abuse as a child when he was an altar server in Passaic County. A New Jersey appeals court has reversed a lower court decision in a lawsuit filed by a man who says a Russian Orthodox priest repeatedly sexually abused him as a […]

Nikolaos Kotsopoulos is serving a sentence of 25 years to life at Ulster Correctional Facility after being convicted in 2003 of second-degree murder in the 2002 killing of his wife, Carol Lyn Fraser Kotsopoulos, at the couple’s Manhasset home. Getty Images A Manhasset man serving a sentence of 25 years to life for the 2002 […]

(Photo: Wikipedia/Public Domain) NEW YORK – A request for the release from prison of Nikolaos Kotsopoulos was denied. His case continues to shock the public, 24 years after the brutal murder of his wife on Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday in the Manhasset area of Long Island. According to a report by Newsday, the New York […]

Metropolitan Nestor of Korsun and Western Europe dismissed for gambling.   With all the activity this year of Orthodox bishops caught up in various sex and drug scandals, this gem from back in November of 2025, somehow flew under our radar. The story concerns the former MP Metropolitan Nestor. According to the official website of […]

Philipstown program faces charges of sexual abuse St. Basil Academy in Philipstown and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America are headed toward settlements or trials in three sexual-abuse lawsuits after a state judge in New York County denied their requests to dismiss the claims. On May 26, Judge Sabrina Kraus rejected motions filed by attorneys for […]

The Târgu Mureș Court of Appeal decided on Wednesday to reject the appeal of the singer Cristian Pomohaci against the preventive arrest warrant issued by the Mureș Tribunal for a period of 30 days. Pomohaci is being investigated for high-risk drug trafficking, being accused of having procured, possessed, and distributed prohibited substances between 2024 and […]