UGCC will neither give absolution of sins not administer the Holy Communion to those who do not repent this sin and do not refuse to participate in illegal dealings.
UGCC head Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) said it in an interview to Focus edition.
“We want to fight this phenomenon not through canonical sanctions, but especially in the sacrament of Penance format. After all, corruption is a serious sin. If a person recurrently sins and repents, what is the sense that confession? To confess, you must first repent and resolve not to sinful acts any more. Anyone who knowingly and willfully refuses to repent the sin of corruption, cannot be granted absolution of their sins and receive communion,” he said.
"Unfortunately, many Ukrainians got to like this sin and do not feel the gravity of it,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav added.
The Patriarch compared the sin of corruption with bad food.
"You never give your children bad food, because it may harm their health. Corruption is precisely this food. Accepting corruption, we therefore give our children bad society. Each of us should feel responsible for it,” said the hierarch.