Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Dodoni: I apologize to any human being who felt wronged

A statement explaining and apologizing for his statements to SKAI about the rapes, he issued on Friday evening Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Dodoni.

In more detail, his statement after the uproar caused by his statements:

I regret to note that, today, during the TV show “Today” of the TV station SKAI where he was present, my thinking was distorted.

I may not have been clear, but in no way do these statements imply that neither I nor the ecclesiastical space I represent perceive the event of rape as anything less than a reprehensible and traumatic act.

Our Orthodoxy embraces conception as a uniquely joyful event for humanity.

Respect for human life, wherever it comes from, is an inviolable rule of our principles.

You will allow me here to remain strongly opposed to the pro-abortion position.

I want to believe that in this society we are all in the mood for an open dialogue of exchange of views and have not turned into a people’s court with online judges.

I tried to separate consensual arrest from the heinous act of rape, where we are not talking about “arrest” in the sense that our church understands it, and unfortunately I failed.

I want to apologize of any human being who felt wronged by my statements and to any woman or man who has been a victim of rape.

Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Dodoni

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