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Priest, parishioners detained in Crimea
September 10, 2014
Russian security forces in Crimea detained a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and 15 of his parishioners, according to a report from the Religious Information Service of Ukraine.
Father Bohdan Kostetsky and his parishioners were released within a day; the priest has been interrogated several times since the Russian annexation of the Ukrainian territory in March.
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