Before the Larnaca District Court he testified today, Thursday 23 June, the doctor who administered a sedative injection to the complaining woman who accused the former Kition Metropolitan Chrysostomos, 84, of indecent assault.
At the time in question when the offence was allegedly committed, i.e. in 1981 within the Metropolis, the complainant was a minor, i.e. 16 years old. The former Metropolitan of Kition pleaded not guilty to the charge of indecent assault
[/P]In his testimony the doctor said that when the complainant's father passed away, his own father, who was a commissioner at the Metropolitan Church of the Saviour, wishing to help the family, advised the mother to seek financial assistance from the Metropolis of Kition.
He added that one Saturday he received a call to go to the family's home because the minor then complainant was not well, noting that when he went to the home, the girl was in a state of hysterical crisis.
He also said that the girl had mentioned that "I can feel his beard on my face" and then administered a sedative injection.
The doctor noted that the minor reported to him that the former Metropolitan of Kition had attacked her on the couch in his office, that he fell on her and kissed her, and that she then started shouting, asking him to leave the premises.
According to the witness, the girl also told him that eventually the former Metropolitan of Kition opened the door for her to leave, telling her "not to say anything to anyone because what happened was nothing".
In cross-examining the witness, Michael Pikis, defense counsel for the former Kition submitted to him that he could not remember what he was saying 41 years later.
The doctor replied that he never forgot what happened, which he explained he did not mention anywhere because of medical confidentiality, noting that it is not an event you forget, it does not happen often.
The Court set July 15 as the date for continuation of the hearing.
Source: CNA
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