Moscow Patriarchate priest suspected of pedophilia ordained as bishop Secretary of the Chernivtsi-Bukovyna Eparchy Nikita Storozhu became involved in a scandal with a minor (Photo:LB) The Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Moscow Patriarchate has ordained the secretary of the Chernivtsi-Bukovyna Eparchy, Nikita Storozhuk, as a bishop, according to the diocese’s live broadcast on Facebook on Dec. 4.Kremlin manuals, child pornography, a priest in underwear: What the SBU found during raids on the UOC diocese in Bukovyna On Nov. 25, the SBU conducted searches at the Chernivtsi-Bukovyna Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Moscow Patriarchate.Specifically, SBU agents seized a number of Kremlin propaganda manuals and Russian certificates and correspondence of the diocese leaders with their Moscow-based supervisors.Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church allegedly demanded that the priests of the UOC–MP deny Russia's armed aggression, talk about the "oppression of the Moscow church" and other Russian propaganda narratives.On Dec. 1, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that following a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, a bill to ban the activities of religious organizations associated with Russia would be submitted to the Rada."