The Sykhiv District Court of Lviv found a military chaplain of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine guilty of driving under the influence. During his interaction with the police, the priest acted defiantly, used profanity, and made threats. He was fined 17,000 UAH and banned from driving vehicles for a year.
As reported on the Sykhiv District Court's page, the military chaplain was found to be driving a vehicle while intoxicated, according to the police report. A breathalyzer test indicated a blood alcohol concentration of 2.25 per mille, well above the legal limit of 0.2 per mille. Video from the scene captured the priest's brazen behavior, during which he used profanity and threatened the police officers. The court's page does not specify when and where the police stopped the offender.
Judge Olena Timchenko reviewed all the materials of the case and on November 8, found the priest guilty of drunk driving. He was sentenced to a fine of 17,000 UAH and a one-year ban on operating vehicles. The ruling can still be appealed. It has not yet been published in the court registry, and the offender's name remains unknown for now.