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Milan Beran (* 1950)

• born December 2, 1950 in Velký Dřevíč near Hronov

• graduated from a technical high school in 1968

• pursued unofficial studies of theology following Josef Blaník’s call

• secretly ordained in 1978

• collaborated with Fridolín Zahradník, a bishop of the underground church

• arrested in 1983 for alleged larceny of socialist property

• spent four years in pre-trial detention in Hradec Králové and Ruzyně

• released without conviction in 1987

• sued out full rehabilitation in 2014

• co-founded the Emauzy Association after the Velvet Revolution

• was in the construction business

• still works as an auxiliary priest

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