Zlatko Sudac

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Zlatko Sudac (born January 24, 1971 in Rijeka , SFR Yugoslavia , today Croatia ) is a Roman Catholic priest and supporter of the charismatic movement . He has been stigmatized since 2000 and has been offering paid faith seminars for his followers ever since.

Career

Zlatko Sudac spent his childhood in the village of Vrbnik on Krk . After completing his school education, Sudac worked for a while as a technician in mechanical engineering in his home town. In addition to his current profession, he devoted himself to studying theology at the Catholic Faculty of Rijeka. Sudac decided to become a Roman Catholic priest and was ordained a deacon in 1997 .

He continued his theology studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology in Zagreb, where he graduated in 1998. In the same year he was ordained a priest . Sudac worked as a chaplain in the village of Novalja on the island of Pag . Allegedly there was a cross-shaped skin wound on his forehead in 1999. Further wounds are said to have formed on his body on the eve of October 4, 2000.

Act as a preacher

Since the appearance of the alleged stigmata, Sudac intensified his activities as a missionary and preacher. He began to wear only white clothing and gathered supporters around him. The Catholic Church in Croatia reacted very cautiously to these developments, especially since rumors were circulating among its followers about supposed miracles in connection with his person, including levitation and healing by the laying on of hands. As a result, Sudac was removed from his offices in Novalija. Sudac then expanded his preaching activities internationally from 2004. His target group remained the Croatian diaspora in Europe and overseas. After a stopover in Italy, Sudac became a pastor in Mali Lošinj in the episcopal pastoral center Betanija of the diocese of Krk , where he held seminars on faith for spiritual renewal. The Betanija center was closed in 2010. Today he lives in a Catholic institution on the island of Lošinj. Sudac continues his seminars on faith even after the episcopal center has closed.

criticism

In his sermons Sudac also repeatedly represents controversial political views - the connection between Catholicism and nationalism is very close in Croatia. Sudac is also not afraid of contacts with the right-wing extremist spectrum, which sometimes led to controversy about his appearances. At his masses he repeatedly prayed for members of the military who were accused of alleged war crimes before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia . In 2014, in the run-up to seminars in Germany, conflicts arose within the local (Croatian-speaking) communities. Anonymous information was brought to the Archdiocese of Cologne that Sudac would perform in the company of a right-wing extremist musician. An event in Siegen had to be moved from the local church to a hall. A performance in Ennepetal took place as planned, despite concerns on the part of the diocese of Essen.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/trends/columns/cityside/5990/ Jacobsen, Mark. "Sudac the Mysterious" New York Magazine May 6, 2002
  2. ↑ http://www.stjeromecroatian.org/eng/frsudac.html
  3. ↑ http://www.pionirovglasnik.com/print.php?content=200 (Croatian)
  4. ↑ http://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/betanija-se-zatvara-velecasni-sudac-izoliran-prognan-clanak-126674 Report on the closure of the Betanija center (Croatian)
  5. ↑ https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-katholische-kirche-fuer-gott-und-kroatien.922.de.html?dram:article_id=415814
  6. ↑ http://arhiva.nacional.hr/en/clanak/18169/athletes-led-right-wing-in-croatia
  7. ↑ https://www.wp.de/staedte/ennepetal-gevelsberg-schwelm/kroatischer-prediger-bringt-kirche-in-bedraengnis-id9867659.html
personal data
SURNAME Sudac, Zlatko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Rijeka , SFR Yugoslavia