Former bishop of the Husi, Cornel Onilă, “threatened and offended” in prison. “My soul was broken by him, when I saw him in what hall he is.”
Imprisoned at the Bacău Penitentiary for rape on some students from the Theological Seminary, Cornel Onilă, the former bishop of Huşilor, considers himself unjustified by the sentence and hardly supports the detention, say the close ones.
Corneliu Onilă, in compromising images. Photo safielumina.ro
The former bishop of the Husi, Cornel Onilă, has reached the end of the powers in prison and asked the lawyers to do anything to get him out of the penitentiary, according to his close ones, quoted by the new weather.
Although they have formulated since May a “annulment challenge”, which is being judged, his lawyers made a new request on Monday, October 6th, this time by “Cassation appeal”.
Some of those who stayed with him visited him in the Bacãu Penitentiary and reports that the former bishop of Huşi confessed to them that he was threatened and offended by the other prisoners.
“He said he threatens him and offend him. Others behave more beautifully, but offended, he was offended. I broke my soul, when I saw him in what hall. Yes, we are a few who go to him. He participates in activities to get days to get rid of it.You say, ”said one of the visitors, according to the quoted source.
Included, weakened and confined not only by life among the detainees, how much the prospect of living in the same conditions, Cornel Onilă sparked the mercy of those who went to visit him.
“He considered that, if he has 8 years in prison to execute, based on good behavior and with participation in activities, but also with that rule of execution of two thirds of the punishment, he could do about 5 years and 4 months. to escape.”, The close of Onilă reported.
They say onila is very upset about those whom it helped as it was at the forefront of the Episcopate, “It did people”and they have forgotten him now.
Cornel Onilă acknowledged in court that he had maintained intimate relationships with a boy from the seminar, but claimed that he would have given his acceptance, according to the new weather.
Compromising videos
The scandal related to the behavior of Cornel Onilă, who for 8 years was a bishop of Hușilor, triggered in ANL 2017, when he filed a complaint to DNI Iasi in which he stated to be blackmailed. As a result of the searches conducted by the DNI prosecutors at the headquarters of the Episcopate, several compromising video materials were discovered and three priests were convicted for the blackmail of Cornel Onilă.
The prosecutors also opened a criminal case on behalf of the Bishop of Huşilor, in which he was accused of rape on some students from the Theological Seminary. There followed a trial concluded in 2025 with a definitive sentence of the ICCJ, which condemns Cornel Onilă to 8 years in prison in continuous form.
In the same file, for the same charges of rape and sexual abuse, Archimandrite Sebastian Jitaru, who received 15 years in prison, was sentenced.
While the former bishop Cornel Onilă arrived after bars at the Bacău Penitentiary, the BOR leadership transmitted that he was cared for.
