Masked men â apparently KGB officers â arrested Catholic priest Fr Anatol Parakhnevich in March. After months under investigation on treason charges, a Minsk Region court jailed him for 3 years in October on other charges and fined him. Minsk Regional Court says he has appealed. A court official refused to give information about the conviction. Asked why, she responded: "It is forbidden." Asked why the court jailed Fr Parakhnevich and why criminal cases were brought earlier against other Catholic priests, senior religious affairs official Oleg Dyachenko put the phone down.
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