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 […]

Romanian Patriarchate retires Petru and launches investigation.   Article from News.Ro Petru, Archbishop of Chișinău and Metropolitan of Bessarabia, announced at the end of May that he was resigning, officially citing age and health reasons; however, shortly after this announcement, sexually explicit videos allegedly showing the metropolitan with a man began circulating online. The release […]

Following a full and fair investigation conducted pursuant to the Archdiocese’s Clergy Misconduct Policy concerning allegations involving V. Rev. Fr. Chrysostomos Gilbert, and after consideration of Fr. Chrysostomos’ testimony, together with the findings of the investigation and other evidence presented to the Spiritual Court, the Court has determined that Fr. Chrysostomos engaged in inappropriate electronic […]

Police in the Czech Republic have officially confirmed that the white powder discovered in the car of Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev), the former head of the Czech branch of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), was cocaine. Against the backdrop of this incident, the senior cleric was urgently reassigned to serve in Brazil. This move effectively amounts […]

The folk music singer Cristian Pomohaci, a former priest, was detained for 24 hours and placed in the Mureș Center for Detention and Preventive Arrest, following home searches carried out in a criminal case concerning the crimes of rape of a minor and sexual assault. Authorities announced that investigations continue under the coordination of the […]

In my commentary of May 18, 2026, titled “The Archbishop Acted Correctly,” regarding the painful developments involving the presiding priest of Holy Trinity Cathedral in New York, Archimandrite Chrysostomos Gilbert, I wrote, among other things, the following: “We must acknowledge that the Archdiocese — that is, Archbishop Elpidophoros — in this instance acted correctly and […]

BOSTON – Archbishop Elpidophoros of America showed evidence to Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Chrysostomos Gilbert, Dean of the Archdiocesan Holy Trinity Cathedral in New York, during their meeting at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. High-ranking insiders within the Archdiocese spoke to The National Herald on condition […]