(JTA) — An Israel-based priest who is facing extradition to his native Russia on child molestation charges said he would leave soon to prove his innocence.

Prosecutors in St. Petersburg asked Israel to extradite the 34-year-old priest, Gleb Grozovsky, earlier this week in connection with allegations that he molested two girls in Greece last year, the Russian Interfax news agency reported.

On Tuesday, Grozovsky, who is working in Israel in a program which helps drug addicts, wrote on the Vkontakte social network that he would fight the allegations in court.

“Whatever the Russian law enforcement authorities do, I take this as something granted to me by God and wish for the fastest resolution of this case (…) I will return to Russia soon, where I will defend my innocence and the honor of Archpriest Viktor Grozovsky’s family because the Russian law enforcement authorities are already making an attempt to hold members of our big family criminally liable, and illegally, by inflicting psychological pressure,” Grozovsky wrote.

The request to extradite the priest was sent by the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, based on what one unnamed source said were ”materials obtained from the Investigations Committee’s Investigations Department for St. Petersburg in connection with a case involving the molestation of two minors.”

Investigators believe that in June 2013 Grozovsky sexually assaulted two girls, ages 9 and 12, at a children’s summer camp at the Orthodox travelers club Philadelphia, on the Greek island of Cos, Interfax reported.

The source said Grozovsky was on the international wanted persons list, although it is known that he is in Israel.

The Gatchina Diocese said in November 2013 that the priest has been suspended from ministering for the duration of the investigation into his actions.

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