Deputy of the city council from the "European Solidarity", Archpriest of the OCU and rector of St. Nicholas Church Alexander Dediukhin, who is known for his outrageous and scandalous statements, in particular, about women and their right to abortion, from June 1 will head the press service of the Poltava City Council.

This was announced by acting mayor of Poltava Andriy Karpov, writes the newspaper "Poltava region".

"Alexander Dediukhin is well versed in communication tools, messengers and other means of networking. He is a blogger and priest and knows how to convey the necessary meanings. He is charged with positivity and will take up his duties around June 1," Karpov said.

What statements did the priest and deputy Alexander Dediukhin become "famous" for?

"S*ck won't want to, dog won't jump in":

In June 2021, Alexander Dediukhin outraged Ukrainians with his statement about abortion. He called fighters for women's rights to have abortions "underdeveloped personalities."

The priest expressed the conviction that a woman has no right to have an abortion if she consented to sexual relations. Also in his post, Dediukhin used the expression "s*chka does not want – the dog will not jump". However, after a wave of indignation on the social network, Dediukhin removed this statement.

"When underdeveloped personalities walk around with banners like: "My body is my business", as a person who respects the freedom of others, I, in principle, can partially agree with this. That is, if there is no mind, you can implant your horns, not cut your nails... That's where it's really your business. When your body begins to restrict the freedom of another, it ceases to be only your business," the priest wrote on Facebook.

"Take care of yourself, because hiding you in such weather is not pleasant enough":

Alexander Dediukhin wrote another scandalous post in December 2021. Then the priest said that people need to be careful during bad weather and "it is advisable not to die now" – because of the blizzard it is difficult to arrange a funeral.

"You take care of yourself there, because burying you in such weather is not pleasant," he wrote.

The publication also caused an active discussion on the social network.

Alexander Dediukhin is a famous priest of the OCU, blogger. Even before receiving the Tomos, in 2019, he traveled with ex-President Petro Poroshenko to Istanbul to visit Patriarch Bartholomew.

Recall that in Kropyvnytskyi, priests of the UOC-MP tried to steal bells from the temple, which was transferred to the OCU.

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