The best man slapped the groom on the back, which is an old Cypriot wedding custom. The priest punching the best man would be an innovation.
Police say the victim —the groom's 22-year-old brother — was taken to a hospital but wasn't seriously hurt and that his family filed a complaint.
A family member — speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation is continuing — said the priest had initially gestured with a raised hand for the slapping to cease, then punched the brother in the chest and face when the warning went unheeded.
Bishop of Paphos Georgios backed the priest, whom he hailed as one of the best clerics in his Diocese. He told the state-run Cyprus News Agency that the backslapping custom, dating from Ottoman times, doesn't befit the island's Orthodox Christian traditions.
Good one!