Croatian Times

21 October 2011

Zagreb-based priest Mladen Kozina, 60, has been arrested for possession of child pornography on his computer, daily Novi List writes.

The pastor of Presveto Srce Isusovo parish that is part of Sestre Milosrdnice hospital in Zagreb, is said to have been downloading photographs of nude children or children in explicitly sexual positions between 2007 and 2010.

If found guilty, the priest faces one to ten years in jail.

The first priest in Croatia sentenced for paedophilia was a pastor from Zagreb, Ivan Cucek. A priest from Rab, Drago Ljubicic is serving a three-year sentence for inappropriate sexual behaviour involving five boys.