Zlatko Sudac

{{Short description|Croattian Roman Catholic priest (born 1971)}} {{Multiple issues| {{cleanup|reason=Citation translation and improvement|date=August 2018}} {{weasel|date=August 2018}} }} '''Zlatko Sudac''' (born 24 January 1971) is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[diocesan priest]] for the diocese of [[Krk]], [[Croatia]]. He is best known for his claim to having [[stigmata]].<ref name="NYM">{{cite web |last1=Jacobson |first1=Mark |title=Sudac the Mysterious |url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/trends/columns/cityside/5990/ |website=[[New York (magazine)|New York magazine]] |access-date=27 August 2018 |date=13 May 2002}}</ref>

Sudac was converted in a seminar given by charismatic priest, [[Emiliano Tardif]], and returned from the seminar with a call to the priesthood. He also had received [[Speaking in tongues|the gift of tongues]].<ref>[https://www.spiritdaily.org/sudac.htm Croatian priest marked with 'stigmata' also said to bilocate] Spiritdaily.org</ref> Sudac is from the town of [[Vrbnik]] on [[Krk]] island, [[Croatia]]. He began studying for the priesthood in 1993, after completing his mandatory military service in the Yugoslav army. He was [[ordained]] a [[priest]] on 29 June 1998. Sudac is well known in Croatia for his alleged stigmata, which he claims to bear as a cross on his forehead, as well as markings on his wrists, feet, and side.<ref name="NYM"/>

He held religious retreats in his religious centre, Betanija, on the island [[Lošinj]], until 2010, when the Church closed the centre and Sudac was ordered to desist his activities.<ref name="VL betanija closes">{{cite web |last1=Pavičić |first1=Darko |title=Betanija se zatvara, velečasni Sudac izoliran i prognan |trans-title=Betanija is closing, Father Sudac isolated and evicted |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/betanija-se-zatvara-velecasni-sudac-izoliran-i-prognan-126674 |website=[[Večernji list]] |access-date=21 August 2018 |language=hr |date=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Smrečki |first1=Ana |title=Bozanić ušutkava vlč. Zlatka Sudca: Zatvara se Betanija, otkazuju se seminari |trans-title=Bozanić silences Fr. Zlatko Sudac: Betanija is closing, seminars cancelled |url=http://arhiva.nacional.hr/clanak/81815/bozanic-usutkava-vlc-zlatka-sudca-zatvara-se-betanija-otkazuju-se-seminari |website=[[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]] |access-date=21 August 2018 |language=hr |date=15 April 2010}}</ref>

Sudac claimed he was being persecuted, that he had never been prohibited from organising his retreats, and that he was being poisoned for 10 years.<ref name="VL interview">{{cite web |last1=Pavičić |first1=Darko |title=Velečasni Zlatko Sudac: Trovali su me deset godina |trans-title=Father Zlatko Sudac: They poisoned me ten years |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/velecasni-zlatko-sudac-trovali-su-me-deset-godina-190032 |website=Večernji list |access-date=21 August 2018 |language=hr |date=12 September 2010}}</ref>

As of 2016, Sudac is officially a priest of the Krk Diocese, but is not assigned to any parish and does not say [[Mass (Catholicism)|Mass]].<ref name="jutarnji return">{{cite web |last1=Benčić |first1=Luka |title=VELIKI POVRATAK ZLATKA SUDCA Tisuće ljudi ponovno odlaze na duhovnu obnovu i traže utjehu kod krčkog mistika koji plače krvavim suzama |url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/veliki-povratak-zlatka-sudca-tisuce-ljudi-ponovno-odlaze-na-duhovnu-obnovu-i-traze-utjehu-kod-krckog-mistika-koji-place-krvavim-suzama/96616/ |website=Jutarnji list |access-date=21 August 2018 |language=hr |date=7 February 2016}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.velecasnisudac.com/ Father Sudac Official Web Pages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030220050/http://www.velecasnisudac.com/ |date=30 October 2013 }}

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