God's creature

A priest of the Russian Orthodox Church is accused of killing a dog in front of children

There is a sequel

Rector of the Assumption Church in the Apatites Konstantin Kuznetsov, dismissed and prohibited in serving after accusations of killing a dog

“We are looking for witnesses. 04/08/2021 In the city of Kirovsk during training younger groups of children's ski schools, from about 17:10 to 17:20 from firearms, the favorite of children and many visitors to the ski range Frosya was killed. ” Messages about the death of the animal appeared in the zooproding public of the Murmansk region, which have recently been overwhelmed with evidence of cruel circulation and simply livestock. However, the identity of the alleged shooter made this case out of the ordinary. Eyewitnesses of the incident pointed out a local priest who was dissatisfied with the behavior of the dog who barked at his son.

“Fros was a year. My partner, Sanya, found her in the entrance with a puppy and took her home. I went to work with her - why should she sit at home? I went to the muzzle, never bit anyone. Everyone loved her, especially the children. ” Ivan Vorontsov, the operator of the cable car of the Kukisvumchorr ski complex speaks with difficulty. The dog died in his arms.

That evening, Ivan Vasilievich recalls, there were especially many children on the slope, 20-25 preschool people stood on the platform near the lift. There were many parents.

“The road worked, raised the children, and suddenly I heard a cotton. I immediately looked at the road - you never know what. Everything works. The cotton was incomprehensible. And Frosya lay fifty meters, she played with the children before that, ran. But when this cotton sounded, I turned my head, I looked - it somersaults and slides down a little lower along the slope. And behind her stretches a bloody trail. I immediately turned off the lift and ran there. When I ran up, the muzzle took off, and she already had pathological breathing. I worked on an ambulance earlier, I know: when it takes a breath, but it doesn’t exhale right away, it cannot exhale, a long delay. And so she sighed twice - and that’s it. Died. I was on her knees in front of her. Then he got up, screamed, sorry, of course: “Bastard, what are you doing?!” Sanka shouted by the walkie -talkie:

"Frosyu was killed." He came, and I went downstairs, turned on the cord again. It lasted ten minutes. The children cried, looked at this bloody trail. "

Eyewitnesses of the incident testify to: they shot a dog in front of children, but from a long distance, from a car park. On the recordings of the cameras, according to Ivan Vorontsov, you can see the shooter and his car. The arrow of people learned: according to them, this is Konstantin Kuznetsov, a priest of the Assumption Church of the city of Apatita.

“This is a small parish between Kirovsky and apatites,” explains Ivan Vasilievich. - There was one residential building, it was redone under the church. Here is a priest from there. He often happens with us, he rides himself, and the children are engaged, a boy and a girl. That day, too, his son was, but somehow quickly disappeared, only a couple of times rose. At first I thought to tourists, it would not occur to it that it was a priest. ”

According to the employees of the complex,

The Kuznetsov family was the only one whom Frosya did not accept - barking a priest on her son. The father did not love and the second, larger dog at the lift - thunder,

Which employees kept on a leash. Vorontsov saw how Kuznetsov Sr. waved to the dog, recalls how Kuznetsov made a remark. There are still no incidents with dogs here: neither attacks, nor bites, nor complaints from the parents of small skiers.

“Frosi had a chip: she grabbed her lifting tubel with her teeth and rose on it. Everyone clapped their hands, photographed her. And in the summer she was here, she pinned the grass. Thunder is very missing now, looking for her. We ourselves cried for two days. And Sanya-host could not be alone-he immediately took a homeless dog from overexposure, she is now with us. Eva was called, ” - Ivan Vasilievich cannot understand how a person who pronounces in the morning could shoot a living creature in the evening. “But what about the commandment“ not to kill ”? - asks Vorontsov.

There are many surveillance cameras at the complex. Employees hope that there are enough records to prove the guilt of the killer. They called the police right away, the forensic scientists examined the scene, the district police officer interviewed the dog’s owner, took the corpse. In the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs of Novy, they confirmed that the audit on the fact of the incident is carried out, examinations were appointed. Employees of the complex fear whether the guilty of responsibility will go away: they claim that some eyewitnesses received calls not to testify against the alleged culprit.

Konstantin Kuznetsov did not appear after the incident on the slope. “It is better for him to leave the city, the city is small, people are extremely outraged,” Vorontsov throws. And he adds: the young priest was well known on the slope, often saw in the bar, including a great post.

Kuznetsov’s mobile phone, available on the Internet, is blocked, like his VKontakte page. Access is also limited to the public of the Assumption Church on the social network, they reply that they don’t know whether the priest will appear.

In the Murmansk and Monchegorsk Metropolitan, “Novye” explained that from the performance of duties Konstantin Kuznetsov was temporarily suspended by order of Metropolitan Mitrofan - until the completion of the inspection by the police. The decision on the further career of the priest will be made according to its results. At the same time, the metropolis emphasized: the deprivation of the life of a living creature, if the involvement of the priest is proved in him, unequivocally puts an end to his priestly ministry.

Priest Konstantin Kuznetsov was born in Apatity, candidate for master of sports in skiing. In 2004, he was ordained a deacon.