{"id":85402,"date":"2024-05-16T12:59:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T09:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85402\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"viciebsk-regions-catholic-priests-jailed-charges-unknown","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85402\/","title":{"rendered":"Viciebsk region\u2019s Catholic priests serving 10, 15 days in jail, charges unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shumilina.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shumilina.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shumilina-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shumilina-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shumilina-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/shumilina-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(catholicnews.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 16, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Catholic priests Andrej Juchnievi\u010d and Pavie\u0142 Lemiech are serving jail terms of 15 and 10 days, respectively, catholicnews.by reports, without commenting on charges against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police arrested both priests in \u0160umilina, Viciebsk region, on May 8 after the Viciebsk diocese\u2019s priests and monks held a church meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 26 Roman Catholic clerics and believers have been persecuted in Belarus for political reasons since 2020, according to the Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/juhnevich_lemeh_catholicnews_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/juhnevich_lemeh_catholicnews_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/juhnevich_lemeh_catholicnews_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/juhnevich_lemeh_catholicnews_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/juhnevich_lemeh_catholicnews_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/juhnevich_lemeh_catholicnews_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Yesterday&#039;s detention of priests linked to &quot;subversive activity&quot;<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 10, Pozirk. The arrests of Andrej Juchnievi\u010d (Andrzej Juchniewicz), rector of the church of Our Lady of F\u00e1tima in \u0160umilina, Viciebsk region, and priest Pavie\u0142 Lemiech were made on suspicion of subversive activity against the Belarusian state, the Missionary &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/84726\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 16, Pozirk. Catholic priests Andrej Juchnievi\u010d and Pavie\u0142 Lemiech are serving jail terms of 15 and 10 days, respectively, catholicnews.by reports, without commenting on charges against them. Police arrested both priests in \u0160umilina, Viciebsk region, on May 8 after the Viciebsk diocese\u2019s priests and monks held a church meeting. 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