Court adjourned over Avakoum scandal

The court case regarding the two monks who were found with €800,000 of unexplained cash and having allegedly engaged in sexual acts with one another at the Osiou Avakoum monastery was adjourned on Friday until October 23 due to an amendment to the indictment.

The postponement had been requested by the defendants’ lawyer Efstathios Efstathiou after five more new charges were added to the indictment, all of which concerned theft.

As a result, both monks, named Nektarios and Porphyrios...