Tamasos Bishop Isaias ordered the probe after receiving complaints from monks who were recently removed from their positions by a Synodic Court decision, sources told philenews.
The investigation is expected to follow similar procedures to those used in the case of monks Nectarios, Porphyrios, and Habbakuk, provided Bishop Isaias determines there is a prima facie case against the two monks accused of “canonical offences”.
The accused monks reportedly had previously informed the now-deposed monks regarding events at the Saint Habakkuk Monastery. Their supporters view the current allegations as an act of retaliation.
One of the monks under investigation had reportedly requested permission to become an abbot abroad.
However, Archbishop Georgios stated that this would not be allowed until the situation was clarified, to avoid potentially exporting problems if the complaints prove valid.
A second monk, who had also reported on the Saint Habakkuk monks, faces separate police allegations of sexually harassing a minor, which he reportedly denies.
The monk is said to have met the minor during a family visit to the Bishopric.
The deposed Saint Habakkuk monks had previously alluded to one of the accused monks in a statement, distancing themselves from any involvement in the minor’s case and referring to “abominable acts of former brothers of the Monastery and now clerics of the Holy Bishopric of Tamasos”.
According to philenews, the minor provided a video-recorded statement following established protocols for such cases. The alleged offences reportedly occurred about a year ago.
Sources close to Bishop Isaias state he intends to follow all prescribed procedures, as was done in the case of the Saint Habakkuk monks.
Supporters of the accused monks claim the allegations are part of a smear campaign aimed at discrediting them and exposing the Tamasos Bishop.
They question the timing of the complaints, which were submitted after the conviction of the three Saint Habakkuk monks rather than during the earlier investigative process.