Russian Priest Who Adopted and Raped 70 Children Jailed 21 Years

A Russian court has jailed for 21 years a former Orthodox priest, said to have adopted 70 children, for a string of child abuse offences.

Nikolai Stremsky was found guilty of raping several children and committing other violent acts in his parish in the Urals region of south-west Russia.

Stremsky was reputed to have the largest family in Russia and was awarded the national Order of Parental Glory.

He has been stripped of his honour as well as his priesthood. Stremsky and his wife ran a foster home in Saraktash as an abb