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 STATE, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK: SS.

Anna Rupeka, residing at No. 344 Madison Street, New York City, being duly sworn, deposes and says:

That in August, 1913, she was asked by the Rev. John F. Dudikoff, then Inspector General with the Consistory of the Russian Greek Catholic Church of America, with offices at the St. Nicholas Cathedral, 15 East 97th Street; New York City, to call at the Consistory with the object of dusting the holy images and performing such other work as would be necessary to keep the House of Worship in good order;

That having accepted, as a good Christian, the said invitation, deponent was attacked and forced to have sexual intercourse against her will, with then Archbishop and at present Metropolitan Platon Rozhdestvensky and Bishop Alexander Nemolovsky, who is at present a fugitive from justice in Constantinopole, Turkey;

That she is familiar, from her own knowledge, of the many orgies that have taken place at the Consistory and in which she was forced to participate, these orgies having been arranged by the said Bishops Platon and Alexander with the connivance and participation of other dignitaries and officials of the Consistory.

Deponent further states that she has known a number of other women who have been lured in a similar manner to the Consistory and suffer similar outrages at the hands of the above said Bishops.

Deponent also intentifies the photoghaph herewith attached as that of herself, said photograph having been taken about a year previous to the signing of this affidavit.

ANNA RUPICKA.

Sworn to before me this lst of December, 1923.

MAX WENDELLL SCHWARTZ,

Commissioner of Deeds New York City, New York County, No. 124.