No one is safe – everyone is a potential victim of the widespread sexual violence that the Russians use against both soldiers and civilians.
More and more men are coming forward and testifying about the abuse that most do not want to talk about. Not until now.
The priest in Kherson is one of them.
– They took off my underpants… One person whispers: do you know who I am?, he tells SVT’s team that is on site in Kherson.
“Screaming all the time”
According to the priest, he was humiliated in limitless ways – while he feared for his life. He tells how he writhed and made noises without being able to say anything.
– And then they take a baton and try to drive it into my anus. Are you signing the papers to collaborate now? Of course! I scream all the time.
See Bengt Norborg’s and Emil Larsson’s meeting with the priest in Ukraine in the clip.