House chair Kollar officially apologises to Greek Catholic Church

Parliamentary Chair Boris Kollar (We Are Family) extended an official apology to the Greek Catholic Church for its illegal dissolution 70 years ago in erstwhile Czechoslovakia. Kollar's apology marked the 70th anniversary of the Greek Catholic Church ban in the former socialist republic. The Parliamentary Chair also apologised on behalf of the state to all those whose basic rights were significantly trampled upon by the communist government. "Many Greek Catholic priests and bishops ended up in Leopoldov jail (Trnava region). Among them was also the Eparch of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy Peter Gojdic, who also died there 60 years ago, and who chose his own suffering in order to save the lives of many Jews from death in concentration camps," said Kollar.