Former Kiti Bishop Chrysostomos on Monday will testify in Larnaca District Court in the ongoing case against him for indecent assault of a teenage girl.
The alleged offence was committed in 1981 when the woman was just 16.
The 84-year-old former bishop has pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charge.
In the previous hearing, prosecution had rounded up their case and the Court had called the elderly bishop for an apology, judging that the testimony pointed to a prima facie case against him.
The former bishop will testify under oath and will then be cross-examined by the representative of the Accusing Authority.
The former bishop had been acquitted of rape charges in 2021 first brought against him and is now facing charges of indecent assault.
The woman apparently visited the bishop at the time to get help as an orphan since her father had recently passed away.
But he had allegedly locked her in his office and assaulted her indecently on a sofa.
