Residents of Saratov want to bring the priest to justice for an anti-Semitic statement

Saratov priest considered "Jewish" chosen for the child christening name. Relatives of the baptized saw this as part of a criminal crimes.

October 22, 2013 it became known that living in Saratov, the family applied to the regional department of the Investigative Committee with application for the involvement of the priest Dukhososhestvensky Cathedral of Andrey Evstigneev to criminal liability under Art. 282 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred).

During the christening of a child, the priest called the name chosen according to the calendar for the girl "Jewish".

Members of the applicant's family have "direct attitude towards the Jewish ethnic group on the maternal side" and considered the statement degrading priest on the basis of nationality.

Within the joint project of the SOVA Center and the Russian Jewish Congress .

Sources

• Parents accuse Orthodox priest who baptized their child of extremism // Free-news Volga. 2013. October 22.