Statement by Melanie Jula Sakoda of Moraga, California, Orthodox
Christian Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by
Priests (melanie.sakoda@gmail.com, 925-708-6175)
A Canadian archbishop criminally convicted of child sexual abuse has finally been defrocked by his synod. A support group for victims is grateful for this decision, but wants the bishops to do more. Archbishop Seraphaim Storheim, who was once the highest ranking official in Canada for the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), was removed from the priesthood this past week, according to the Church’s website.
http://www.snapnetwork.org/convicted_orthodox_archbishop_defrocked_victims_group_is_grateful
A Canadian archbishop criminally convicted of child sexual abuse has finally been defrocked by his synod. A support group for victims is grateful for this decision, but wants the bishops to do more. Archbishop Seraphaim Storheim, who was once the highest ranking official in Canada for the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), was removed from the priesthood this past week, according to the Church’s website.
http://www.snapnetwork.org/convicted_orthodox_archbishop_defrocked_victims_group_is_grateful