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Laredo Weekly Times
Laredo, Webb County, Texas
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Soviet authorities in Moscow commuted Archbishop Ziehak's death sentence to 10 years isolation but upheld it for Vicar General Butohkavitch, citing treason, to avoid anti-religion backlash.
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SENTENCE FOR ONE BUT
SAID THE OTHER WAS DESERVING OF DEATH
Soviet Decided Not to Execute Archbishop and Commuted
Sentence to Ten Years Imprisonment, but Declared
Vicar General was Guilty of Treasonable
Connection with an Enemy State.
Moscow, March 30. The death sentence
imposed upon Archbishop Ziehak,
head of the Roman Catholic
church in Russia, was commuted to
ten years' imprisonment under
strict isolation. The appeal of Vicar
General Butohkavitch for clemency
was denied. The central executive
committee said both deserved the
penalty, but commutation in the archbishop's
case was ordered because a
certain element of Catholic citizens
of Russia might exploit the sentence
as directed against priests and religion.
The committee said it regarded the
evidence in the case of Butohkavitch
showed treasonable connection
with an enemy state.
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Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Moscow
Event Date
March 30
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death sentence for archbishop ziehak commuted to ten years' imprisonment under strict isolation; appeal of vicar general butohkavitch denied, declared guilty of treasonable connection with an enemy state
Event Details
The Soviet central executive committee commuted the death sentence imposed upon Archbishop Ziehak, head of the Roman Catholic church in Russia, to ten years' imprisonment under strict isolation. The appeal of Vicar General Butohkavitch for clemency was denied. The committee stated both deserved the death penalty, but commutation for the archbishop was ordered to prevent exploitation by Catholic citizens as directed against priests and religion. The evidence showed Butohkavitch's treasonable connection with an enemy state.