Tampa priest commits suicide inside parish
TAMPA --
A Tampa priest that died earlier this week, committed suicide, according to reports.
According to police, a maintenance man discovered Father Vladimir at the bottom of a staircase along with a broken belt in the church office on Monday morning.
The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner says the cause of death is a suicide by hanging.
Nobody yet knows exactly why Father Vladimir committed suicide, but a Catholic Church spokesman says the 57-year-old priest had historically struggled with depression.
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