Beasts in Cassocks: The Crimes of the Heads of the Russian Greek Catholic Orthodox Church in America/Chapter 32
CHAPTER XXXII.
Platon Obtains My "Confession" by Fraud
I perused the paper Father Richlov handed me. It was a rough draft of a written confession, dictated by Metropolitan Platon and transcribed by Father Richlov himself. I have it among my papers as documentary evidence. The paper read as follows:
"Your High Eminence, Bishop Metropolitan Platon! Merciful Archpriest and Father! I herewith confess as before the Lord God, Himself and before your Eminence, that I have been guilty before you. 1) I confess in writing that I have never given you any money; 2) That I have insulted you in vain with my letters and personal calls in Russia and in America. I surmise that both you and I must have been the dupes of unscrupulous persons; 3) I entreat you on my bended knees to forgive me, I have suffered a nervous break-down from the horrors of the Revolution and from sorrow for Mother-Russia. Bless me with your Holy Benediction, and may I learn to be humble and patient. Pardon and forgive me, the sinful and unworthy one. I swear that to my dying day, I shall never make any demands on you. Please pray with your holy orisons for me. Your Spiritual Son