Archpriest Roman Kondratyuk
Archpriest Roman Kondratyuk
Date of birth: 1978
Secretary of the Kirovohrad Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
He was prosecuted in the same case as Metropolitan Joasaph of Vasylkiv.
The clergyman was sentenced simultaneously with the bishop.
On January 6, 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported searches that included those of Father Roman Kondratyuk, Secretary of the Kirovohrad Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
He was charged under Article 161 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — Incitement of Interreligious Hatred.
(Source: Union of Ukrainian Journalists)
(Source: Official website of the Security Service of Ukraine)
On February 1, 2023, the Leninsky District Court of Kropyvnytskyi placed the priest under 24-hour house arrest.
The regional prosecutor's office petitioned the court to prohibit the priest from leaving his place of residence. According to prosecutors, the diocesan secretary may have gone into hiding and illegally influenced witnesses.
Despite the defense's objections and arguments that Father Roman is the family's sole breadwinner and therefore cannot be at home all the time, as well as requiring inpatient treatment, the judge placed him under 24-hour house arrest until February 28.
On May 12, 2023, the Leninsky District Court of Kropyvnytskyi sentenced Archpriest Roman Kondratyuk.
He was convicted under Part 2 of Article 28 and Part 1 of Article 161 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the equality of citizens, incitement to hatred).
According to the SBU, "considering his cooperation with the investigation," he was sentenced to three years in prison with a two-year probationary period (according to other sources, one year), and also banned for one year from holding positions as heads of religious administrations and dioceses.
КУ ст. 35 (свобода вероисповедания) · ЕСПЧ ст. 9 · Нормы ООН