A former priest (not pictured above) in the Russian orthodox church has accused his fellow clergymen of sleeping their way up the ranks of the institution.Alexander Usatov was a priest in the Rostov and Novocherkassk diocese until he came out as gay and fled to Holland last year.Writing at that time for the Russian-language Snob, Usatov explained that he’d lost his faith.
The “belief in an anthropomorphic heavenly being, who is angry and takes revenge on people” had become “alien and unpleasant,” he wrote.In a new piece, he elaborated on his departure from the church and country, explaining he endured harassment from his colleagues.“I am gay and have never felt safe in the Russian orthodox church, and in recent years I have become the.