The Bishop of Tamassos Isaias is accused of pocketing €450,000 for his pre-election purposes, according to philenews.
Sources close to Isaias claim that he never received the amount of €450,000, acknowledging only €155,000 to pay capital gains tax and other expenses.
More specifically, the Bishop claims that the capital gains tax amounted to €135,566, while the current expenses were €19,433.
Furthermore, it is also claimed that the Bishop has a copy of the cheque deposited in Hellenic Bank at an unspecified time, with the recipient being the Tax Department.
Specifically, in the agreement document dated November 15, 2021 (one year before the archepiscopal elections), it is stated that the lender (i.e., the abbot of the Monastery of Saint Habakkuk) will lend the amount of €155,000 to pay the capital gains tax (€135,566.38) and other expenses of the recipient (i.e., Bishop Isaias for the Bishopric of Tamassos) amounting to €19,433.62.
Subsequently, in the same agreement, it is stated that the above amount of the loan will be repaid to the lender (i.e., Abbot Nektarios) in 16 instalments, quarterly. The agreement is signed by the two parties and two witnesses.
A month later, on December 17, 2021, the Bishopric of Tamassos, through Isaias, deposited a cheque for €135,566.38 in the Hellenic Bank, with the recipient being the Tax Department.
Copies of the two documents, i.e., the agreement and the cheque, are in the possession of philenews.
The Bishop environment claims that these two documents refute the monks’ claims that Isaiah was funded for pre-election purposes.
From €450,000 to €155,000, there is a difference of €295,000, but the Metropolitan’s side simply considers the monks’ claims to be fairy tales.
It is also argued by Isaias’s side that it is only a matter of time before these claims collapse like a house of cards.
