Word: kosheliev
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...local priest, one Kosheliev, caused the suspected culprits to be immersed in a freezing stream for an hour, and then beaten into insensibility. This did not however constitute the "ordeal," which depended upon whether those being "tried" recovered consciousness during the night (innocent) or at dawn (guilty...
Shortly afterwards all the citizens of Zikliev were arraigned before a Soviet judge, on charges of murder, and defended by priest Kosheliev: "We have done no sin! Jesus, the Lord Himself, chastised sinners in the Temple with a knout. I encouraged my flock to follow His example...
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