There you have it. Not quite worth a post here on OrthodoxHistory.org, but worth throwing up over on Frontier Orthodoxy, as I had nothing else scheduled for today anyhow.

It is possible that Svoboda has something in its archives. I emailed them but have not yet had a quiet moment during the day in which to call. I should do that sometime. I have glanced over the 1909 and 1912 issues and also asked a friend who’s more than linguistically competent to do so as well in case I missed something. We have not seen any articles relating to it. It could be that the criminal trial had a settlement out of court that dictated silence. On the other hand, it is possible Svoboda simply did not want to draw attention to the situation.

I think it’s probable that many did not know of Archbishop Arseny’s earlier difficulties in PA or the actual reason he first was sent to Canada. On the other hand, I fear that for some (and some did know) they did not care or believed Archbishop Arseny’s later life was such that the earlier possible wrong-doing did not really matter. I agree with you concerning the message it sends women, but not all agree with us. Of course, if there is ever a smoking gun that is found that exonerates Archbishop Arseny, I would quickly change my position. Until then, let this be a lesson to those of us in the OCA–transparency has yet to take hold.