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The Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, has been arrested, his lawyer Arsen Babayan announced.
According to him, the National Security Service of Armenia has arrested a clergyman inside the building of the Investigative Committee. No additional details have been released so far.
Armenpress is seeking confirmation from the responsible legal bodies.
On October 25, a Telegram channel called “Armenian WikiLeaks” published an intimate video allegedly involving Archbishop Khachatryan. The “Union of Informed Citizens” NGO reported the case to the Prosecutor General’s Office, stating that his privacy had been grossly violated.
The Prosecutor’s Office had submitted it to the Investigative Committee, which later confirmed the footage’s authenticity through forensic analysis.