'Rebel priest' prays for Ukraine gunmen, denies doing more


  • World
  • Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014

SLAVIANSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Father Vitaly says he prays every day for the armed men who now wield power in Slaviansk, stronghold of pro-Russian separatists who have seized key buildings in a dozen towns across eastern Ukraine this month.

    "There's a point at which you just can't take it any more and you have to pick yourself up and stand up for yourself," the bearded, broad-shouldered Orthodox priest said of his hostility to the Ukrainian leadership which has taken power in Kiev.

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