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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,

COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.

SS.

EUGENIA KOHANIK, having first been duly sworn, according to law, on her oath, deposes and says:

1. That she resides at No. 591 North Main Street, in the City of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and that she is the wife of the Reverend Peter Kohanik, Arch-Priest of the Russian Church at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

2. That she knows Canadian Bishop Alexander Nemolovsky, as a man of a dangerous and immoral character.

3. That there are wide spread rumors among the clergy as well as the laity, of Bishop Nemolovsky's immorality, which have a fatal and disastrous effect upon the affairs of the Orthodox Russian Church in the United States.

4. That while she was residing at Jersey City, New Jersey, Bishop Nemolovsky was trying and did on numerous occasions, to advance his love and his "dirty propositions…" to her. Knowing the time, when her husband, as the superintendent of the Churches, was out of their house, visiting churches, Bishop Nemolovsky, used to come to their residence, not having been invited and contrary to her wishes. When by her reminded of the fact that her husband is out, attending to his duties, and that no one invited the Bishop, Bishop Nemolovsky replied, that he is the Bishop, and as such he has the right to call at the parrish house, at any time he may desire without any permission from any one. That is was very difficult for her to refuse him admission to their house, on account of the high position he holds with the Church, and especially due to the fact that under the old regime the Bishop was in a position to do much harm to the career and financial interests of my husband. That Bishop