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COURT TRIAL AGAINST SEMINARIANS OF HIGH THEOLOGIAN SCHOOL IN RIJEKA IN 1955
Stipan TROGRLIĆ
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In the context of the interruption of diplomatic relation with Vatican (1952) one can notice increased pressure of Yugoslav communist regime to the Catholic Church, which was manifested through a number of court trials against professors, educators and seminarians
from Catholic secondary and high schools. These trials were just an overture for some other far-reaching goals – closing of religious schools that followed the trials enabled communist authorities to confiscate school buildings, which ultimately affected process of
education and number of newly educated clerics. Court trial against six seminarians from Rijeka High Theologian School reveals the pattern how such trials were conducted. State Security Administration (UDBA) firstly traced »organized« hostile activities in seminary
of Rijeka, and then UDBA agents could deliver collected information to District Public Prosecutor Office in Rijeka, who finally filed indictment against six seminarians. During this court trial almost all accusations were confirmed. Arguments for closing the seminary
and secondary schools were found in the legal ordinance according to which religious schools could be closed if there would be misuse of religious education for political purposes. When school building was empty it was relatively easy to confiscate it and proclaim
such property as »national assets«.
Ključne riječi
Rijeka; Theologian School; seminarians; court trials; conviction; confiscation; history of the 20th century; ecclesiastical history; political history
Hrčak ID:
135394
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Datum izdavanja:
19.12.2014.
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