Upon receipt of the complaint, Vilnius Archdiocese launched an investigation and suspended the priest. Once the probe is completed, all information will be handed over to the Vatican's The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. It will later decide on further action, the lrt.lt news website reports on Thursday.

Kolomyckij, 29, told the website he was sexually abused by the priest during a summer camp for vulnerable children when he was 10 or 12. The priest in question has lately served at the Church of the Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis.

The Catholic Church has also encouraged Kolomyckij to turn to police and prosecutors but he says he is not sure about that because his goal is not to destroy the priest but to promote the discourse for victims to speak up.

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