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Lawyer Bozo Prelevic, legal representative of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) Academy student Marko Zarkov, who was allegedly abducted and beaten on the orders of a senior church dignitary, believes the case is being covered up by a politician who received the Order of Saint Sava.
Zharkov previously accused the Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Stefan Saric, the vicar bishop, Patriarch Irinej, and the elder of the Temple of St. Sava in Belgrade, of being behind “coercion”, as the prosecution characterized the case.
Prelevic told Newsmax Adria that Bishop Saric is a “clergyman of high ranking people”, that some bishops are “close to the political elite” and that “certain political options” affect the police and the judiciary.
Marko Zharkov, a student at the SOC Academy, “believes in that church, believes that it will also establish the truth in the church court,” said the lawyer.
But, he continued, “if the church in this proceeding takes the side of someone suspected of violence, with much evidence, much worse for the church.”
Prelevic said that the bishop “had to call the holder of the Order of Saint Sava” to respond to the Intervention of the police units, making him “the main assistant”, according to the lawyer.
He added that one could easily guess who was in question by saying what degree of church order they were given.
The police acted excellently and quickly in this case, Prelević evaluated and recalled that two of the three arrested admitted that they kidnapped and abused Žarkov, but did not want to say by whose order.
Prelevic said that Zarkov “learned from the prosecutor a few months ago that the person on whose order it was made will not be charged in that case.”
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