Shocking video of priest beating woman (video)

Scandal continues to rock the church on Thursday, with a new video surfacing of a woman being beaten with a belt by a monk at the now notorious Osiou Avakoum monastery.

Following the video that surfaced across Cypriot media of the woman being shouted at to leave the monastery on August 1 according to the footage, police said they would be investigating the incident.

In the video the woman is seen attempting to give an item to one of the monks, while another monk berates her then pushes her to the ground and hits her.

At some point in the images that ensues he grabs his belt as the woman is leaving and whips her so hard that according to reports the buckle flew off.

Speaking about the shocking scenes, police spokesman Christos Andreou said that the police will begin investigating the incident.

According to what was heard on Omega TV later in the day, police are still trying to find the woman being hit in the video.

Police are also conducting two other investigations into the Osiou Avakoum monastery.

The video was aired on Sigma TV in the morning.

More later…