Priest who advocated for equal marriage fired

The Catholic Faculty of Theology has fired the priest and church historian Tomáš Petráček, who is an advocate for equal marriage. At the beginning of the summer he criticised the ultra-conservative Alliance for the Family and the church's position on the issue of marriage for all.

The priest says that he has been dismissed due to pressure from within the Church and personal antipathy towards him, as in the past, he supported the current dean's rival for the post. The faculty and the dean deny this, saying the reason for his dismissal is superfluity and a need to cut costs.