Prosecutors fail to appear at hearing in case against Catholicos of All Armenians and bishops

The hearing in the case against Garegin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and six senior clergymen has been postponed because the prosecution did not appear in court.

Several prosecutors are involved in the case.

Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and members of the Supreme Spiritual Council Natan Hovhannisyan and Haykazun-Vrezh Najaryan (archbishops) and Vahan Hovhannisyan, Edgar Hakobyan, Nelson Babayan and Artur Hakobyan (bishops) are charged with failure to comply with a judicial act.

According to the indictment, “Karekin II Nersisyan, as chairman of the Supreme Spiritual Council of the religious organization ‘Armenian Apostolic Holy Church,’ using his official powers, obstructed the enforcement of another judicial act that had entered into legal force: the decision of the Armavir Province Court of General Jurisdiction ‘On granting the motion to apply a measure to secure the claim.’”