Mammonish Priest Sent to Monastery For One Month

A priest from Lviv Region who refused to bury a man for “debts” to the Church has been punished. RISU learnt from the Stryi Eparchial Department of UGCC that Fr. Stepam Palii was dismissed from the services in the parish for the period of one month. The priest is to spend this time in a monastery “in silence, peace and prayer.”

“We have taken into account the fact that the priest, Stepan Palii admitted his guilt. The father realized that he abused his power. The father apologized to the bishop for exposing the Church to such criticism and showed readiness to accept any punishment. That is anything the bishop would say,” stated the Chancellor of the Stryi Eparchy of UGCC, Fr. Volodymyr Zhdan