Well respected priest Anton Srholec dies

One of the most respected personalities in Slovakia, the catholic priest Anton Srholec died on Thursday January 7th. At the age of 86 he succumbed to a grave illness that he had been battling for the past year. Srholec had been imprisoned to a sentence of 12 years, a large portion of which he spent working in the uranium mines in Jáchymov. He studied theology in secret and was made a priest in 1970, a profession he carried out for 45 years. For more than 2 decades he had been involved in numerous projects dealing with human rights and the youth. For 20 years straight he had been running a shelter house for the homeless in Bratislava called Resoty. He had received many prestigious awards and enjoyed the respect and popularity of a vast part of the Slovak population.