“Not all those who were in the lists were collaborationists, many have been unfairly accused and the news have been blown up by the press. All this, while the members of the secret police are still holding public offices in the public administration. The church is accused, while distracting attention from their responsibilities". It was said in Rome by card. Miloslav Vlk, archbishop of Prague, as he spoke to the press after a recent Pope’s meeting with the bishops and friends of the Movimento dei Focolari. "In my diocese, out of 500 priests, only 45 collaborated. But all priests underwent huge pressure and blackmailing, including threats of martyrdom recalled card. Vlk, who was imprisoned during the regime and who, when released, was forced to earn a living as a window cleaner -. Not everyone is made for heroism. The two or three priests who committed major crimes have already been sent away". The Czech Church had already conducted an internal inspection in the early Nineties to solve the matter within the church, with letters of apologies and a pilgrimage of repentance to the sanctuary of Velehrad for all those who had collaborated as spies. In the last few days, the Bishops Conference, at the end of its plenary meeting published an explanatory document.
