Priest Trafficking Arms

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  1. Diablo

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    Interesting article from the Guardian:
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...t-who-used-preaching-missions-to-traffic-arms
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    Authorities in Ukraine have detained a priest who used missions to the country’s conflict-ridden east to traffic arms, including a grenade launcher and hand grenades.

    The cleric was detained several months ago in north-western Ukraine, but his detention was only made public after further police investigations, the Ukraine security services (SBU) said. “It is a very delicate topic,” said an SBU spokeswoman, Olena Gitlyanska.

    Investigators said, from 2015, the priest, who has not been named, carried out repeated “preaching missions” to eastern Ukraine, where government forces have been fighting separatists backed by Russia. “He returned with dangerous trophies, which he sold to friends,” the SBU said.

    Religion always claims the moral high ground.....
     

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