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From: Appo Jabarian appojabarian@gmail.com
Date: Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 5:25 PM
Subject:
MEDIA INQUIRY — ՄԱՄԼՈՅ ՀԱՐՑԱԴՐՈՒՄ — ԱՅՍ ԼՈՒՐԸ ՃՇՄԱՐԻ՞Տ Է ԹԷ՝ ԱՆՀԻՄՆ է
To: Harout Markarian — Executive Director haroutm@wdacna.com, info@wdacna.com
Cc: Fr. Khajag Shahbazyan — Cathedral Pastor frkhajag@wdacna.com, Adrienne L. Krikorian akrikorian@yahoo.com, Hovnan Derderian abphovnan@wdacna.com, Joseph Kanimian, Esq. joseph@kanimianlaw.com, Gina Khorigian — Camp Administrator campadmin@wdacna.com
Re: MEDIA INQUIRY — ՄԱՄԼՈՅ ՀԱՐՑԱԴՐՈՒՄ — ԱՅՍ ԼՈՒՐԸ ՃՇՄԱՐԻ՞Տ Է ԹԷ՝ ԱՆՀԻՄՆ է
MEDIA INQUIRY — PLEASE CONFIRM OR DENY
Executive Director of Western Diocese of the Armenian Church
Mr. Harout Markaryan,
Can you kindly confirm or deny the veracity of these allegations?
According to certain sources, Primate of the Western Diocese, Hovnan Derderian, “committed child abuse.”
Reportedly, the mother of the child turned to the well-known lawyer – now deceased, Vartkes Yeghiayan, to initiate a lawsuit against the Diocesan Primate Hovnan Derderian.
Vartkes Yeghiayan devoted hundreds of hours collecting information against Archbishop Hovnan Derderian. However, at the last moment, the mother of the child must have received a “large amount of hush-hush money from Archbishop Hovnan Derderian to remain silent and suspend the court case.
According to those sources, Vartkes Yeghiayan ՞was justifiably very upset at the mother’s decision to accept money from Hovnan Derderian rather than to protect her son. In doing so, she potentially shielded Archbishop Hovnan Derderian of great embarrassment from the U.S. Court along with the Community at large.
Would you be so kind to confirm or deny the veracity of this inquiry?
Best regards,
Appo K. Jabarian
Executive Publisher / Managing Editor