▁priest , ▁Mate ▁M ug os , ▁wrote ▁that ▁cler gy ▁should ▁put ▁down ▁the ▁prayer ▁book ▁and ▁take ▁up ▁the ▁revol ver . ▁Another ▁cler ic , ▁D ion ys ius ▁J uri č ev , ▁wrote ▁in ▁the ▁Nov i ▁list ▁that ▁to ▁kill ▁children ▁at ▁least ▁seven ▁years ▁of ▁age ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁sin . ▁Ph ayer ▁arg ues ▁that ▁" est ab lish ing ▁the ▁fact ▁of ▁gen o cide ▁in ▁Cro atia ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁car ries ▁great ▁historical ▁weight ▁for ▁our ▁study ▁because ▁C athol ics ▁were ▁the ▁perpet rat ors ▁and ▁not , ▁as ▁in ▁Poland , ▁the ▁vict ims ." ▁ ▁Sister ▁Ga ud enci ja ▁Š pla jt ▁( born ▁F an ika ▁Š pla jt ) ▁was ▁a ▁Catholic ▁nun ▁sent enced ▁by ▁the ▁Part isan ▁military ▁court ▁in ▁Zag reb ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁June ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁to ▁execution ▁by ▁shooting ▁for ▁a iding , ▁har bor ing , ▁and ▁hiding ▁a ▁German ▁band it , ▁the ▁not orious ▁U sta š a ▁Tol j , ▁and ▁other ▁U sta še ▁after ▁the ▁liber ation ▁of ▁Zag reb . ▁ ▁C ler gy ▁opposed ▁to ▁U sta še ▁violence ▁Pav eli ć ▁told ▁Naz i ▁Foreign ▁Minister ▁von ▁Rib b ent rop ▁that ▁while ▁the ▁lower ▁cler gy ▁supported ▁the ▁U sta še , ▁the ▁b ish ops , ▁and ▁particularly ▁Arch bishop ▁Ste pin ac , ▁were ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁movement ▁because ▁of ▁" V