Bishop says Russian Orthodox are spreading Ukraine ‘misinformation’

The Russian Orthodox Church is helping to spread propaganda about the crisis in Ukraine, a Ukrainian Catholic bishop in Britain has said to Catholic Herald.

Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, eparchial bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London, endorsed a call by the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church for observers to evaluate information about Ukraine critically.

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych wrote an open letter on August 21 to the world’s bishops’ conferences, denouncing violence against religious minorities in eastern Ukraine.

Bishop Lonchyna said: “The letter of the Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a heartfelt appeal for prayer and support for the Ukrainian people of all faiths in this most dangerous and volatile situation, as well as a plea to be wary of many forms of misinformation coming not only from government sources (the media), but – regretfully – even from the Russian Orthodox Church.”