SOVIET ATROCITIES
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION PRIESTS CRUELLY TREATED (Eiec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Asan.) (Received Feb. 5, 10 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 4. The Christian Protest Movement has received a letter from a Russian Orthodox bishop endorsing the campaign against religious persecution in Russia, instancing the cruelties inflicted on Russian priests, including Father Ncctarious, belonging to Moscow. He was beaten and dragged by the feet, his arms and legs being broken. Wooden nails were driven into his head, temples and nails, and molten lead poured in his mouth in derision of the Eucharist. Finally he was flung into a cauldron of boiling water. Nieodcmus, Bishop of Belgorod, was arrested at Christmas. He was beaten, stripped, led out naked into the snow and water was poured over him until he was a pillar of ice. Andronicius, Archbishop of Perm, was dragged through the streets of the city, his eyes poked out and his cheeks cut away, causing many of his flock to become insane through terror.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17176, 5 February 1930, Page 7
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