Slovac Bishop Statement

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There has been uproar in Slovakia after the archbishop of Bratislava described life in the fascist wartime Slovak state as "a time of well-being".

This is not the Archbishop's first PR problem, Archbishop Jan Sokol has been accused of cooperation with the secret police of the former communist regime and has also been accused of being antisemitic and and a supporter of Czechoslovak Leader Fr. Jozef Tiso, who ruled the country during WWII and sent many to Nazi death camps. .