Seraphim Storheim

Storheim lived at New Valamo Monastery in Finland and spent several years serving as an OCA parish priest throughout Canada and the United States.

The New York headquarters of the church issued a press release in October 2010 saying that Storheim was being investigated after a complaint of "misconduct" from about 25 years earlier was registered with the Manitoba police.

The trial evidence showed conclusively that Storheim had talked about puberty with one of her boys and a visiting teen from North Carolina who had previously been studying under his guidance.

[2] During a special meeting called by Metropolitan Jonah Paffhausen on November 30, 2010, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America decided to suspend Archbishop Seraphim.

This decision was reached after careful deliberations and in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Orthodox Church in America mandated in cases of allegations of sexual misconduct.

[3] A preliminary hearing was held on 17 November 2011 to determine whether there was sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial; Storheim pleaded not guilty.