Lex Anteinternet: Wednesday, March 21, 1923. The Cieplak Trial

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Wednesday, March 21, 1923. The Cieplak Trial

Fourteen Roman Catholic Priest were put on trail on charges of "counter revolution" in the Soviet Union.

Servant of God Konstantin Budkevich (Budkiewicz), executed ten days following the farce of a Soviet trial that commenced on this day in 1923.

Their crime, basically, was being faithful to their Faith.

Fr. Budkevich would lose his life due to the sentence the "court" would hand out. He was executed in the Soviet style, shot in the back of hte head. Amazingly, a Requiem Mass was said for the repose of his soul in the Church of Ss Peter and Paul in Moscow.

Archbishop Jan Cieplak, he was imprisoned and later released, living until 1925.

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