The Serbianna (Serbian) website reports today that Greek police have arrested a priest who fled from Kosovo, and is wanted by Serbia on suspicion of embezzling state and church funds.
A police statement says Simeon Vilovski was taken into custody on an international warrant yesterday (March 11, 2010) in Peraia, about 315 miles north of Athens.
Belgrade's Higher Court has launched an investigation of the Orthodox Christian priest on suspicion that he embezzled money provided for reconstruction of churches in Kosovo.
Vilovski served in Kosovo under hardline Orthodox Bishop Artemije, who was recently replaced by the Church over similar allegations.
Hundreds of Serbian Orthodox Churches and monasteries are located in Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008.
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