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Convicted

The Orthodox Christians and Eastern Rite Catholics listed in this section have all been convicted in criminal court of crimes which caused or were likely to cause injury to another person. We include crimes committed by clergy which evidence sexual misconduct. (Sexual misconduct is a disregard for the moral teachings of Orthodoxy and Catholicism on sexuality.) 

While legal guilt is not synonymous with moral guilt, the standard for a criminal conviction in the United States is quite stringent: beyond a reasonable doubt.  Even those offenders who plead guilty are required to admit all the elements of the offense under oath.

Foreign convictions are also included here, although the standards of jurisprudence may differ from what is required for a conviction in this country.

We strive for accuracy.  Consequently, if you have information that a conviction has been overturned or otherwise cast into doubt, please share that information with us.  You can expedite the correction process by providing documentation to support your contention.

Abdelahad, Archpriest Michael

Adamakis, Archimandrite Stanley R.

Alderson, Bishop Paul

Allen, Samuel David

Anastasopoulos, Metropolitan Nephon

Arcalianu, Mother Nicoleta Sofia

Bardanas, Sister Simona

Carrigan, Archpriest Neal James

Cepraga, Sister Adina Lucia

Christley, Father Pangratios

Corogeanu, Father Daniel Petru

Dobre, Rajko

Dushkin, Reader Terenty John

Fallon, Father Tikhon

Ferrar, Superior Hieromonk Angelus

Givens, Bishop Mathias

Golossian, Tony

Greene, Father Benedict

Hayes, Seraphim Randall

Hitt, Father Jeremiah

Hughes, Abbot Vasili

Hughes, Archimandrite Nicholas

James, Father Andrew L. J.

Kasemeotes, Father Angelo

Kasemeotes, Presbytera Patricia

Khoury, Bishop Demetri Matta

Kotsopoulos, Nikolaos

Koveos, Father Emmanuel Efthimios

Lasky, Father Konon

Liadis, Father John Michael

Lyles, Father Michael

Messires, Father Damian

O'Bryan, Joseph

Oleksa, Michael Phillip

Otel, Sister Elena

Papadimitropoulos, Father Andreas

Papadopoulos, Father Sotirios

Pnakas, Father Constantine

Psichogios, Arthur

Psichogios, Frances

Rayburn, Father Andrew

Regman, Roman Cristian

Ross, Father Savvas

Ruark, Archpriest Silas

Sabino, Gary Michael

Semre, Father Gebrehana

Tenny, James Bernard

Thaddeus, Metropolitan Archbishop Joseph

Vawter, Michael Howard

Velisavljevic, Father Filip

Vincent, Jason Calvert

Vrionis, Metropolitan Pangratios

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