{"id":45056,"date":"2022-12-24T16:59:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T13:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/at-least-24-priests-persecuted-in-2022-christian-advocacy-group\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"at-least-24-priests-persecuted-in-2022-christian-advocacy-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45056\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 24 priests persecuted in 2022 &#8211; Christian advocacy group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>December 24, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> In 2022, authorities persecuted at least 24 priests, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t At least eight Catholic priests faced various forms of persecution, the report said. One of them is Alaksandr Baran, rector of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Andrew the Apostle in \u0141yntupy, Viciebsk region, jailed for a total of 33 days for sharing opposition content.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Several priests left Belarus in fear of persecution, including Andrzej Bulczak and Andrej Va\u0161\u010duk from the Viciebsk region. In November, police also interviewed the father of Catholic priest Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Barok trying to find out when he would return to the country.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Belarusian authorities fined Catholic priests Andrej Ke\u016dli\u010d, Ihar \u0141a\u0161uk, and Ja\u016dhien U\u010dkuronis for sharing opposition content, while another priest, Vital \u010cabatar was jailed for 15 days.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Protestant pastors also suffered from politically-motivated persecution in 2022. Most of them are based in Minsk, including Vital \u010cy\u010dmaro\u016d (three years of restricted freedom in home confinement for participating in protests), Filip Ivano\u016d (his wife sentenced to two years in prison), Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Han\u010darenka and Antoni Bokun (fined), and Siarhiej Pa\u016d\u0142ouski (jailed for 12 days).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t At least six Orthodox and three Greek-Catholic priests also faced politically-motivated charges, including Ihar Kandra\u0107jeu (jailed for 12 days), Vital Bystro\u016d (in custody), and Vasil Jahora\u016d (fined for supporting Ukraine).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Orthodox priest U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Bahamolnika\u016d spent 110 days in custody for alleged minor offenses and is now a suspect in a criminal case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 24, BPN. In 2022, authorities persecuted at least 24 priests, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported. At least eight Catholic priests faced various forms of persecution, the report said. One of them is Alaksandr Baran, rector of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Andrew the Apostle in \u0141yntupy, Viciebsk region, jailed for a total of 33 days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45056","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>At least 24 priests persecuted in 2022 - Christian advocacy group | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 24, BPN. In 2022, authorities persecuted at least 24 priests, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported. 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