Archbishop rejects church role in Mafia State land exchange

Archbishop Georgios insisted on Monday that the church had no involvement in the state land exchanges examined by the anti-corruption authority’s probe into the findings of the book Mafia State, adding that the church is prepared to return a donation received from Malaysian fugitive Jho Low should a court order require it.

Speaking on Alpha, the archbishop addressed allegations surrounding the transfer of state land to the archbishopric as well as the wider findings published by the authority...