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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyAs someone who produced dozens of nativity plays as a teacher and a Sunday School leader, that title ‘A Gay…
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CATHOLIC priest Jaromir Smejkal went on a two-day pumpkin-smashing rampage in the the village of Kurdejov after discovering the Halloween symbols near his Church.
The BBC reports that he later apologised in an open letter to the mayor, saying he would have acted differently had he known they were carved by children.
The Church of St John the Baptist priest explained:
Leaving the rectory on Sunday evening, I saw numerous symbols of the satanic feast of ‘Halloween’ placed in front of our sacred grounds,” he wrote.
I acted according to my faith and duty to be a father and protector of the children entrusted to me and removed these symbols.
He added that in his view the modern tradition of Halloween had been conceived in a “heathen, contemporary world”, as a counterbalance to the Catholic feast of All Souls’ Day.
Breclavsky Denik newspaper, which first reported the story, said the local children had carved the pumpkins as part of Halloween festivities organised by the village.
Some children are said to have been in tears when they were told their creations had been destroyed. New pumpkins were left in the park but were found scattered and stomped on the next day, reported the paper.
Father Smejkal said it had not been his intention to harm anyone, especially not children.
But try to remember that my duty as a figure of authority and a priest is to protect children and families from hidden evil.
The Czech Republic is considered to be one of the least religious countries in the world. However, some traditional religious feasts—including All Souls’ Day— remain popular, and are marked by both believers and atheists alike.
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