01/07/2020 01/07/2020 The Russian Orthodox Church this week expressed its displeasure over a proposal by a Russian lawmaker, who called for future clerics to first undergo a psychiatric examination and a criminal background check. The Patriarchate of Moscow said such checks would be unconstitutional; stressing that clerics should not fall under guidelines in place for candidates of...
01 Ιουλίου, 2020 - 17:27

Church rebuke to Russian lawmaker’s proposal for psychiatric screening, criminal background check for candidate clerics

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Church rebuke to Russian lawmaker’s proposal for psychiatric screening, criminal background check for candidate clerics

The Russian Orthodox Church this week expressed its displeasure over a proposal by a Russian lawmaker, who called for future clerics to first undergo a psychiatric examination and a criminal background check.
The Patriarchate of Moscow said such checks would be unconstitutional; stressing that clerics should not fall under guidelines in place for candidates of the security forces.

At the same time, a Patriarchate spokesman reminded that the Church itself has made conditions for future priests much stricter over recent years.

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