BELARUS: Polish priest forced to leave after 25 years
After his last Mass in Grodnoâs Holy Redeemer Church on 27 December, Polish citizen Fr Jozef Geza left Belarus after 25 yearsâ service. Religious affairs official Aleksandr Rumak rejected his bishopâs request to extend the permission which foreig…
After his last Mass in Grodnoâs Holy Redeemer Church on 27 December, Polish citizen Fr Jozef Geza left Belarus after 25 yearsâ service. Religious affairs official Aleksandr Rumak rejected his bishopâs request to extend the permission which foreign citizens need to conduct religious work. Rumak âwonât commentâ on his decision, his colleague Andrei Aryayev said. Last July, Rumak refused the latest request for permission for Fr Klemens Werth. A Russian citizen, he can therefore serve only in an administrative role in Vitebsk diocese.