Federal judge dismisses defrocked Belya’s defamation case against ROCOR, citing 1st Amendment

New York, April 1, 2025 Though defrocked by ROCOR, Belya still acts as a priest within GOARCH’s Slavic Vicariate. Photo: Slavonic.org      U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian has dismissed a lawsuit brought by defrocked archimandrite Alexander Belya against senior clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. The case, which dates back to 2019,…

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