A court in Ukraine has sentenced Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) Metropolitan Iosaf (Petro Huben) to three years in prison with a two-year probation term on a charge of premeditated violation of citizens' equal rights. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on May 12 that the 62-year-old vicar of the Kyiv Eparchy pleaded guilty, adding that Iosaf was involved in distributing Russian propaganda materials that praised Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine to parishioners. Although the UOC announced its separation from the Moscow Orthodox Church, Ukrainian authorities have accused it of disseminating material on Moscow's policies against Ukraine.
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