A thief with an ID and wearing priest's clothes was detained in the Irkutsk region

On September 15, 2011, it became known that a criminal case under part 2 was initiated against a clergyman who committed thefts on trains on the Chita-Moscow direction. article 158 (theft) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

A man dressed as an Orthodox priest was detained at the Angarsk station in the Irkutsk region after stealing 30,000 rubles from a passenger on train No. 339.

During a personal search, two certificates were confiscated from a man, a resident of Ivanovo, one of which says that he is a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. According to him, he graduated from the seminary and served in several churches.

The certificates of the clergyman were issued to different surnames and signed by Bishop Sophrony.

Sources

• Disclosed the theft of money on the train message "Chita-Moscow" // Official site of the East Siberian Linear Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Transport. 2011. September 15.