According to Graka, the archdiocese learned about the incident from mdi. The priest, who comes from the Olomouc archdiocese, is not in prison or on the run for freedom. Zadren was only immediate after the incident, he said.
We do not want to reveal his identity, even when his name appeared on the Internet, we will neither confirm nor deny it, he added.
The editors of iDNES.cz were able to find out that the priest Milan Palek from Velké Losiny was arrested. I was really taken aback by that. We were on a pilgrimage where, in addition to other pilgrims, there were also two disabled people with an escort. And the first companion took a gas pistol with him in his luggage, which I didn’t know about. My luggage pedaled very close to the check, at that moment I didn’t have much time to be confused and I didn’t know how else to get out of the situation, the editor described in the release.
He took the gun from him because in the past he had to protect a blind friend when she was attacked by a drunk in the center of Olomouc. m considered the city dangerous, that’s why he armed himself for defense.
The whole thing was very unpleasant, we had to go and there was a problem with communication. In the end, we probably managed to explain, but we spent several hours at the police station, the priest explained to the editors.
According to Graka, the priest contacted Olomouc after the incident in the Vatican, when he called the archbishop. He wanted to explain the whole mess, informed the speaker.
On Tuesday, it became clear that the priest had a gas pistol, two legs and a butt plug in his bag at the time of the arrest. The bag must have belonged to one of the handcuffs. This was also confirmed by the Olomouc archdiocese.
The gas pistol they found in the priest’s bag during a tour of the Vatican.
On the part of the priest, it was a mistake and a violation of safety regulations. Led by the archdiocese, the archdiocese has closed for the time being, pending the official opinion of the relevant authorities.
According to Italian media, the police detained the parish on Sunday during checks that are carried out at the entrance to the Vatican. The police began to seize from the illegal armory of the clergyman and other men from the church, especially his companion, to whom he was carrying the weapon.
